What's Ben |
What's Verse |
Satire see also UNDERRATING & OVERRATING. |
Strange! that a Man who has
wit enough to write a Satyr --
should have folly enough to
publish it. [1742] | Satire's cute
In libel suit. |
Self-Command see also BAD HABITS & REFORM (1), MODERATION & EXCESS, PASSION & REASON, PATIENCE and PLEASURES. |
Deny Self for Self's sake. [1735] | Ever "More!"
Never soar. |
Caesar did not merit the
triumphal Car more than he
that conquers himself. [1738] | Won Psyche's war?
Here's Caesar's car. |
Self-Deception see also UNDERRATING & OVERRATING and WISHES. |
Who has deceiv'd thee so
oft as thy self? [1738] | Bait and snap,
I'm my trap. |
It's the easiest Thing in the World for a Man to deceive himself. [1746] | Fool's Paradise?
No entrance price. |
Most Fools think they are only ignorant. [1748] | “If I’d known…”
(Sad … Clown’s … groan.) |
Happy Tom Crump, ne’er see his own Hump. [1758] | Want perfection?
Smash reflection. |
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