Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill
fool drink made
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
humor serious serious-things
A joke's a very serious thing.
fashion use may
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse.
son men justice
Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.
mind attention blank
Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
religion saint mercy
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.
wings giving age
When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.
pride scotland cry
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?
doctors imagination evil
Most of those evils we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.
names paganism fame
Fame is nothing but an empty name.
envy raises censure
Those who raise envy will easily incur censure.
envy pale turns
With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.
air castles building
No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
lying giving world
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.