Samuel Garth Quotes (1661-1719)

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Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719) was an English physician and poet.

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“A barren superfluity of words.”
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“Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel,
And death in ambush lay in every pill.”
“I see the right, and I approve it too,
Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.”
“Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear:
None please the fancy, who offend the ear.”
“To die is landing on some silent shore
Where billows never break, nor tempests roar;
Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, 'tis o'er.”

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Samuel Garth on Goodness

“For all their luxury was doing good.”
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Samuel Garth on Heaven

“Where billows never break, nor tempests roar.”
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Samuel Garth on Ingratitude

“Ingratitude's a weed of every clime, It thrives too fast at first, but fades in time.”
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Samuel Garth on Distance

“As distant prospects please us, but when near We find but desert rocks and fleeting air.”
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Samuel Garth on Disappointment

“As distant prospects please us, but when near We find but desert rocks and fleeting air.”
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About Samuel Garth

Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719) was an English physician and poet.