Charles Churchill (satirist) Quotes

Fashion a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

The Rosciad (1761)

Genius is of no country.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

The Rosciad (1761)

So much they talk'd, so very little said.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

The Rosciad (1761)

The two extremes appear like man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

The Rosciad (1761)

A joke's a very serious thing.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

The Ghost (1763)

By different methods different men excel;
But where is he who can do all things well?

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

An Epistle to William Hogarth (1763)

The danger chiefly lies in acting well,
No crime's so great as daring to excel.

~ Charles Churchill (satirist)

An Epistle to William Hogarth (1763)