John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester - Sense Quotes

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But a meek humble Man of modest Sense,
Who, Preaching Peace, does practice Continence;
Whose pious life's a proof he does believe,
Mysterious Truths, which no Man can conceive.
If upon Earth there dwell such God-like Men,
I'll here Recant my Paradox to them;
Adore those Shrines of Virtue, homage pay,
And, with the rabble world, their Laws obey.
If such there are, yet grant me This at least,
Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

For all Men would be Cowards if they durst:
And Honesty's against all common Sense.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

'Tis dangerous to think - For who by thinking tempts his jealous Fate, Is straight arraign'd as Traytor to the State, And none that come within the Verge of Sense, Have to Preferment now the least Pretence....

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

Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester