Quote#Art
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought
Quote byCharles Churchill · 1731–1764
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Epistle to William Hogarth (1763), line 645.
English (original)
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroy'd by thought: Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our powers, and leaves a blank behind.
— Charles Churchill
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He sickened at all triumphs but his own.
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