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'Tis strange how some men's tempers suit, Like bawd and brandy, with dispute, That for their own opinions stand fast, Only to have them claw'd and canvass'd. - [Dispute] 'Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil; For saints may do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do: And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. - [Temptation] To have the power to forgive, Is empire and prerogative, And 'tis in crowns a nobler gem, To grant a pardon than condemn. - [Forgiveness] Too much or too little wit Do only render th' owner fit For nothing, but to be undone Much easier than if they'd none. - [Wit] What makes the breaking of all oaths A holy duty?-- food and clothes. - [Wealth] When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears Set folk together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk. - [Controversy] Whipping, that's virtue's governess, Tutoress of arts and sciences; That mends the gross mistakes of nature, And puts new life into dull matter; That lays foundation for renown, And all the honours of the gown. - [Schools] Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler. - [Absence] A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground. - "Characters"--A Degenerate Noblemen [Ancestry] A grisly meteor on his face. - Cobbler and Vicar of Bray [Stars] 'Tis not amiss, ere ye're giv'n o'er, To try one desp'rate med'cine more; For where your case can be no worse, The desp'rat'st is the wisest course. - Epistle of Hudibras to Sidrophel (l. 5) [Medicine] And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out. - Hudibras [Hair : Trout] The truest characters of ignorance Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance. - Hudibras [Ignorance] So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. - Hudibras (canto II, pt. II, l. 1177) [Justice] Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto !, l. 215) [Sin] And wisely tell what hour o' th' day The clock does strike by Algebra. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, 125) [Learning] This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, 247) [Stars] And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 11) [Preaching] In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater; For he, by geometric scale, Could take the size of pots of ale. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 119) [Learning] Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher, And had read ev'ry text and gloss over Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath, He understood b' implicit faith. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 127) [Philosophy] Whatever Sceptic could inquire for, For every why he had a wherefore. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 131) [Argument] All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion serv'd, would quote. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 135) [Quotations] Where entity and quiddity, The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 145) [Apparitions] He knew what's what, and that's as high As metaphysic wit can fly. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 149) [Knowledge] Such as take lodgings in a head That's to be let unfurnished. - Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 161) [Mind] Displaying page 3 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8
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