John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester - Mind Quotes

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See the kind seed-receiving earth
To every grain affords a birth:
On her no showers unwelcome fall,
Her willing womb retains 'em all,
And shall my Caelia be confined?
No, live up to thy mighty mind,
And be the mistress of Mankind!

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

Love, the most generous passion of the mind
The softest refuge innocence can find

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

Reason, which fifty times for one does err,
Reason, an ignis fatuus of the mind.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

Reason, an Ignis fatuus of the Mind,
Which leaves the light of Nature, Sense, behind.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester