George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham quotes
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“The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.”
-- George Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamSource : "The Works of His Grace, George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, Volume 2". Book by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ("Letter to Mr. Clifford, on his Human Reason", p. 105), 1770.
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“The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray.”
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“True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.”
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“All true love is grounded on esteem.”
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“Kisses are like grains of gold or silver found upon the ground, of no value themselves, but precious as showing that a mine is near.”
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“What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?”
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“There are few have Dana's fortune, to have God and gold together.”
-- George Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamSource : "Plays, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings Associated with George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, Volume 2". Book edited by Robert D. Hume and Harold Love (p. 221), 2007.
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“In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.”
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Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”
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“Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.”
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“Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is--more knave than fool.”
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“A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.”
Source : John Gower (1857). “Confessio amantis”, p.147
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