Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill
causes ill
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
fool drink made
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
men brave soul
Enough of satire; in less harden'd times Great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes. I've read of men, beyond man's daring brave, Who yet have trembled at the strokes she gave; Whose souls have felt more terrible alarms From her one line, than from a world in arms.
wise men giving
Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way; Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught, Is all her malice worth a single thought. The wise have not the will, nor fools the power, To stop her headstrong course; within the hour Left to herself, she dies; opposing strife Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life.
dream writing self
Enough of self, that darling luscious theme, O'er which philosophers in raptures dream; Of which with seeming disregard they write Then prizing most when most they seem to slight.
men guilt infamous
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
couple men wife
Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
independent genius situation
Genius is independent of situation.
wise home men
There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth.
attitude feels
Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
stupid reading skulls
With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
hurt praise hurt-me
He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
purses firsts gypsy
Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.
health doctors imagination
The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.