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Quotes from Honour — Paul Whitehead

1710–1774 England

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Why, praise is satire in these sinful days.

Honour (1747)

Honour’s a mistress all mankind pursue,
Yet most mistake the false one for the true:
Lur’d by the trappings, dazzled by the paint,
We worship oft the idol for the saint.

Honour (1747)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Whitehead (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.