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

John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot quotes on truth

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

24. 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.

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