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Tom Brown Quotes

1662–1704 England

Tom Brown (1662 – 18 June 1704) was an English translator and writer of satire, largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe he wrote concerning Dr John Fell.

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Also known as: Thomas Brown (satirist)

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To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.

Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.

'Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write,
As fopplings grin to snow their teeth are white.

Then to make up the breach, all your strength you must rally,
And labour and sweat like a slave at the galley.

The husband’s the pilot, the wife is the ocean,
He always in danger, she always in motion

I do not love thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this alone I know full well,
I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.

Attribution

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