For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good … - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.

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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Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.

See the kind seed-receiving earth To every grain affords a birth: On her no showers unwelcome fall, Her willing womb retains 'em all, And shall my Caelia be confined? No, live up to thy mighty mind, And be the mistress of Mankind!

It is a good world to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in; But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst world that ever was known.

For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse. - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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