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Boyle Roche
10 quotes
“...it is impossible I could have been in two places at once, unless I were a bird.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why we should put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder!”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...they] would cut us to mincemeat, and throw our bleeding heads on that table to stare us in the face.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hope, my lord, if you ever come within a mile of my house that you will stay there all night.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[...I] answer boldly in the affirmative with an emphatic No!”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...as Sir Boyle Roche would say, like the last rose of summer...”
Boyle Roche (1736–1807) said by 1807 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source