We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on; H… - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on; He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English nobleman, a friend of King Charles II of England, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.

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Dead we become the lumber of the world.

For all Men would be Cowards if they durst: And Honesty's against all common Sense.

Whilst the misguided Follower climbs with Pain, Mountains of Whimsies, heapt in his own Brain, Stumbling from Thought to Thought, falls headlong down Into Doubt's boundless Sea, where like to drown, Books bear him up a-while, and make him try To swim with Bladders of Philosophy.

We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on; He never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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