61 quotes
Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.
The Farewell (1764)
Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
The Author (1763)
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
The Rosciad (1761)
Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.
The Farewell (1764)
Not without art, but yet to Nature true.
The Rosciad (1761)
The two extremes appear like man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
The Rosciad (1761)
Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own?
An Epistle to William Hogarth (1763)
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
Gotham (1764)
Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone;
Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.
The Rosciad (1761)
But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.
The Rosciad (1761)
England, a happy land we know,
Where follies naturally grow.
The Ghost (1763)
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
The Rosciad (1761)
It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.
The Farewell (1764)
But spite of all the criticizing elves,
Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.
The Rosciad (1761)
With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
The Rosciad (1761)
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
The Rosciad (1761)
With that malignant envy which turns pale,
And sickens, even if a friend prevail.
The Rosciad (1761)
To copy beauties, forfeits all pretence
To fame—to copy faults, is want of sense.
The Rosciad (1761)
He sickened at all triumphs but his own.
The Rosciad (1761)
No tribute's laid on castles in the air.
Night: An Epistle to Robert Lloyd (1761)