So Noah, when he anchor'd safe on
The mountain's top, his lofty haven,
And all the passengers he bore
Were on the new world set ashore,
He made it next his chief design
To plant and propagate a vine,
Which since has overwhelm'd and drown'd
Far greater number, on dry ground,
Of wretched mankind, one by one,
Than all the flood before had done.
Wine and spirits
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Satire Upon Drunkenness (l. 105)
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For zeal's a dreadful termagant,
That teaches saints to tear and cant.
Zeal
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto II, l. 673)
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With books and money placed, for show
Like nest eggs, to make clients lay,
And for his false opinion pay.
Opinion
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto III, l. 624)
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The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.
Peace
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto, l. 359)
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And as the French we conquer'd once,
Now give us laws for pantaloons,
The length of breeches and the gathers
Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers.
Fashion
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 923)
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.
Fate
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 879)
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Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more difficile
That to a blackbird 'tis to whistle.
Linguists
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 51)
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For though to smatter ends of Greek
Or Latin be the rhetoric
Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,
To smatter French is meritorious.
- Samuel Butler (1),
Linguists
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Remains in Verse and Prose--Satire--Upon Our Ridiculous Imitation of the French (line 127), a Greek
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'Cause grace and virtue are within
Prohibited degrees of kin;
And therefore no true saint allows,
They shall be suffer'd to espouse.
Matrimony
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto I, l. 1,293)
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If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in Honour's truckle-bed.
Honor
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto III, l. 1,047)
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As quick as lightning, in the breach
Just in the place where honour's lodged,
As wise philosophers have judged,
Because a kick in that place more
Hurts honour than deep wounds before.
Honor
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 1,066)
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'Tis true no lover has that pow'r
T' enforce a desperate amour,
As he that has two strings t' his bow,
And burns for love and money too.
Prudence
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto I, l. 1)
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Still amorous, and fond, and billing,
Like Philip and Mary, on a shilling.
Money
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. III, canto I, l. 687)
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Her voice, the music of the spheres,
So loud, it deafens mortals' ears;
As wise philosophers have thought,
And that's the cause we hear it not.
Music
Quotes, by Samuel Butler (1) , Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto I, l. 617)
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