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John Pomfret
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“Wine whets the wit, improves its native force…”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) said by 1702 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow.”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) first seen 1681 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Verses to his Friend under Affliction. Compare: " Bless the hand that gave the blow", John Dryden, The Spanish Friar (1681), Act ii. Sc. 1.
“Heaven is not always angry when he strikes, But most chastises those whom most he likes.”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) said by 1702 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) first seen 1700 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reason: A Poem, 1700.
“I'd have a clear and competent estate, That I might live genteelly, but not great.”
John Pomfret (1667–1702) first seen 1700 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Choice (1700), lines 1–2.