Frases de John Wilmot

John Wilmot, Segundo Conde de Rochester , foi um libertino inglês, amigo do rei Carlos II e escritor de muita poesia satírica e obscena, características que o tornaram popular. No espiritismo, é mais conhecido como J. W. Rochester.

Foi uma célebre figura da corte da Restauração inglesa e patrono das artes. Apesar de ter casado-se com a herdeira Elizabeth Malet, possuiu muitas amantes, entre elas a atriz Elizabeth Barry. Foi muito divulgado que ele teria renunciado ao ateísmo em seu leito de morte. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. Abril 1647 – 26. Julho 1680
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John Wilmot: Frases em inglês

“Here lies our sovereign lord the king,
Whose word no man relies on;
He never says a foolish thing,
Nor ever does a wise one.”

Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II, as quoted in The Book of Days : A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities (1832) by Robert Chambers, Viol. II, July 26, p. 126.

“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.”

As quoted in The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) by Herbert Victor Prochnow

“We have a pretty witty king,
Whose word no man relies on;
He never said a foolish thing,
Nor ever did a wise one.”

About King Charles II of England, as quoted in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol. XLIV (January - June 1857) p. 592; It is said to that this was written on the door of Charles II’s bedchamber, and that on seeing it, the king replied, “This is very true: for my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers’....”
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“For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose,
The best good man with the worst-natured muse.”

An allusion to Horace, Satire x. Book i. Compare: "Thou best-humour'd man with the worst-humour'd muse!", Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation, Postscript.
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“Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find”

A Letter from Artemisia in Town to Chloe in the Country (1679)