2nd Earl of Rochester

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“But oh, how slowly minutes roll
When absent from her eyes,
That feed my love, which is my soul:
It languishes and dies.”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

“Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
Is the best can be said for a very good wife.”
—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)