To copy faults is want of sense. Charles Churchill More Quotes by Charles Churchill More Quotes From Charles Churchill Enough of self, that darling luscious theme, Charles Churchill selfdreamwriting The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect. Charles Churchill suspectslawyerlaw Enough of satire; in less harden'd times Charles Churchill soulbravemen Most of those evils we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow. Charles Churchill doctorsimaginationevil Patience is sorrow's salve. Charles Churchill sorrowpatience Great use they have, when in the hands Charles Churchill humorspringhands Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still. Charles Churchill faultsenglandcountry Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest. Charles Churchill painfarewellmen Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm. Charles Churchill geniusenthusiasm Genius is of no country; her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day. Charles Churchill raysgeniuscountry To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense Charles Churchill faultswantfame Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends; He hurts me most who lavishly commends. Charles Churchill dreadhurtfriendship Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. Charles Churchill resentmentenvycriticism When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down. Charles Churchill truthbelievelying Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air. Charles Churchill desertwasteair He hurts me most who lavishly commends. Charles Churchill hurt-mehurtpraise Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame. Charles Churchill guiltfearmen Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife. Charles Churchill wifecouplemen Genius is independent of situation. Charles Churchill situationindependentgenius With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull. Charles Churchill skullsreadingstupid
