Occupation: Poet Birth: February 8, 1612 Death: September 25, 1680
I fall asleep in the full and certain hope That my slumber shall not be broken; And that, though I be all-forgetting, Yet shall I not be all-forgotteā¦.
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it..
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them..
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason..
Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go a different way about it..
The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is..
Don't learn to do, but learn in doing..
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only..