Love, the most generous passion of the mind
More quotes by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
There's not a thing on Earth, that I can name,
So foolish, and so false, as common fame.
Natural freedoms are but just:
There's something generous in mere lust.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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