Charles Churchill - Fear Quotes

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Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtue's cause;
And aiming at the self-same end,
Satire is always virtue's friend.

Charles Churchill

…He for subscribers baits his hook,
And takes your cash; but where's the book?
No matter where; wise fear, you know,
Forbids the robbing of a foe;
But what, to serve our private ends,
Forbids the cheating of our friends?

Satirizing Samuel johnson

Charles Churchill

Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.

Charles Churchill

Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own.

Charles Churchill

Childhood, who like an April morn appears,
Sunshine and rain, hopes clouded o'er with fears.

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The villager, born humbly and bred hard,
Content his wealth, and poverty his guard,
In action simply just, in conscience clear,
By guilt untainted, undisturb'd by fear,
His means but scanty, and his wants but few,
Labor his business, and his pleasure too,
Enjoys more comforts in a single hour
Than ages give the wretch condemn'd to power.

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