3 John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot Quotes on Society

John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot quotes on society

2. The world appears like a great family, Whose lord, oppressed with pride and poverty, (That to the few great bounty he may show) Is fain to starve the numerous train below.

4. 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.

5. There's not a thing on earth that I can name, So foolish, and so false, as common fame.