| 48 Famous Quotes by John Byrom
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“He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“I tell the tale as it was told to me.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“If that you have a former friend for foe.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“My hair is grey, but not with years.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Epistle to a Friend
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“As clear as a whistle.”
Proverbial phrases Quotes Source: Epistle to Lloyd (I)
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“Some say, compared to Bononcini,
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny;
Others aver, that he to Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a Candle:
Strange all this difference should be,
'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!”
Comparisons Quotes Source: Epigram
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“Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.”
Comparisons Quotes Source: Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini, as given in the "London Journal"
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“Take time enough: all other graces
Will soon fill up their proper places.”
Preaching Quotes Source: Advice to Preach Slow
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“Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue?
And where is the violet's beautiful blue?
Does aught of its sweetness the blossom beguile?
That meadow, those daisies, why do they not smile?”
Flowers Quotes Source: A Pastoral (st. 8)
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“With more of thanks and less of thought,
I strive to make my matters meet;
To seek what ancient sages sought,
Physic and food in sour and sweet,
To take what passes in good part,
And keep the hiccups from the heart.”
Content Quotes Source: Careless Content
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“I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf
Came I to crouch, as I conceive.
Dame Nature doubtless has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.”
Mind Quotes Source: Careless Content
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“God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender;
God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;
But who the pretender is, or who is King--
God bless us all--that's quite another thing.”
Royalty Quotes Source: Miscellaneous Pieces
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“Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known to Skin and Bone
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.”
Hunger Quotes Source: Epigram on Two Monopolists
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“With good and gentle-humored hearts
I choose to chat where'er I come
Whate'er the subject be that starts.
But if I get among the glum
I hold my tongue to tell the truth
And keep my breath to cool my broth.”
Conversation Quotes Source: Careless Content
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“In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.”
Conversation Quotes Source: Careless Content
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“Christians awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of the world was born.”
Christmas Quotes Source: Hymn for Christmas Day
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