He never said a foolish thing ...
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Quotes from the same author
Mothers who force their daughters into interested marriage, are worse than the Ammonites who sacrificed their children to Moloch--the latter undergoing a speedy death, the former suffering years of torture, but too frequently leading to the same result.
John Wilmot
I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.
John Wilmot
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on,
From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
John Wilmot
Thus, statesmanlike, I'll saucily impose,
And safe from action, valiantly advise;
Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows,
And being good for nothing else, be wise.
John Wilmot
Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low.
John Wilmot
