Charles Churchill Quotes

Genius is of no country.

A joke's a very serious thing.

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.

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.

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.

Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.