"To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Tom Brown (satirist)
Tom Brown (1662 – 18 June 1704) was an English translator and writer of satire, largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe he wrote concerning Dr John Fell.
3 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Tom Brown (satirist) →
Related Quotes
"I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, D…"
"In the reign of Charles II. a certain worthy divine at Whitehall thus addressed himself to the auditory at the conclu…"
""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"
"Auribus immensis quondam donatus asellus institit ut caudam posset habere parem. cauda suo capiti quia se conferre ne…"
"There are so many interesting Brazilian writers I’d like to get my hands on. The ' Best Young Brazilian Novelists a f…"
"Once you’ve agreed what makes a in the first place (which isn’t as easy as one might think…), I think the basic measu…"
"has a , and deserves it. But while she doesn’t need any recognition from me, I’ve just given the team behind her book…"
"Time is a feather'd thing, And, whilst I praise The sparklings of thy looks and call them rays, Takes wing, Leaving b…"
"Let's number out the hours by blisses, And count the minutes by our kisses."
"John Rogers was educated at Cambridge, and was afterward many years chaplain to the merchant adventurers at Antwerp i…"