John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

4 Famous Quotes by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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“Here lies our mutton-looking king, Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish thing No ever did a wise one.”
Royalty Quotes
Source: another version of Rochester's Epitaph on Charles II included in the works of Quarles
“Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relives on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.”
Royalty Quotes
Source: to Charles II, who answered, "That is very true, for my words are my own. My actions are my minister
“A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.”
Royalty Quotes
Source: On the King
“Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.”
Nothingness Quotes
Source: Poem on Nothing