Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill
independent genius situation
Genius is independent of situation.
air castles building
No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
couple men wife
Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
want faults fame
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense
envy pale turns
With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.
pain farewell men
Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.
country faults england
Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.
stars fate tea
England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea....
pride proud way
The proud will sooner lose than ask their way.
spring humor hands
Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Which fools neglect; so that we find, If all the requisites are join'd, From whence a perfect joke must spring, A joke's a very serious thing.
It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.
excess best-things
The best things carried to excess are wrong.
genius enthusiasm
Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.
lying acting crime
The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.