Thomas Southerne Quotes (1660-1746)

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“Pity's akin to love.”

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“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.”

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“    And when we're worn,
Hack’d, hewn with constant service, thrown aside
To rust in peace, or rot in hospitals.”

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Thomas Southerne on Man

“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count, ne'er made a man.”

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Thomas Southerne on Pity

“Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.”

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Thomas Southerne on Friendship

“'Tis something to be willing to commend; But my best praise is, that I am your friend.”

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Thomas Southerne on Ambition

“Ambition is an idol on whose wings Great minds are carry'd only to extreme; To be sublimely great, or to be nothing.”

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