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Paul Whitehead Quotes

British satirist

Paul Whitehead (6 February 1710 – 20 December 1774) was a British satirist and a secretary to the infamous Hellfire Club.

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Honour’s a mistress all mankind pursue, </br> Yet most mistake the false one for the true: </br> Lur’d by the trappings, dazzled by the paint, </br> We worship oft the idol for the saint.

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Why, praise is satire in these sinful days.

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Fond of your freedom spurn the venal fee, </br> And prove he's only great—who dares to be free.

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With the sports of the field there's no pleasure can vie, </br> While jocund we follow our hounds in full cry.

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