Quote#Money & Wealth
'Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine
Quote byCharles Churchill · 1731–1764
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Farewell (1764), line 47.
English (original)
'Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To boast of apathy when out of pain, And in each sentence, worthy of the schools, Varnish'd with sophistry, to deal out rules Most fit for practice, but for one poor fault, That into practice they can ne'er be brought.
— Charles Churchill
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He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
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Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
He sickened at all triumphs but his own.
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