John Hoole Quotes
1727–1803 England
John Hoole (2 December 1727 – 2 August 1803) was an English translator.
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But such their power who rule with tyrant sway,
Whom most they loath the people most obey.
For while the treason I detest,
The traitor still I love.
And Neptune's white herds low above the wave.
What has that wretched damsel left to boast,
What good on earth, whose virtuous praise is lost?
Of all the sex this certain truth is known,
No woman yet was ever content with one.
To others never do
That which yourselves would wish undone to you.
In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.
Reflect, ye gentle dames, that much they know,
Who gain experience from another's woe.
These friendly words awhile consoled the fair;
For grief imparted oft alleviates care.
For oft the grace
Of costly vest improves a beauteous face.
Never let us utter what we never can know,
And chiefly when it works another's woe.
Love what we see can from our sight remove,
And things invisible are seen by Love.
The toils of honour dignify repose.
When Fame, O monarch! good or evil tells,
Evil or good beyond the truth she swells.
What more our folly shows,
Than while we others seek, ourselves to lose?
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Hoole (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.