Samuel Foote Quote

Of all the passions that possess mankind,
The love of novelty rules most the mind.
In search of this, from realm to realm we roam,
Our fleets come fraught with every folly home.


The Englishman Returned From Paris (1756)


Of all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam, Our fleets come...

Of all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam, Our fleets come...

Of all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam, Our fleets come...

Of all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam, Our fleets come...