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• The elephant is never won with anger. -- Earl of Rocheste
• Fools rush in where fools have been before!
• Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies o
  He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one....
• A merry monarch, scandalous and poor. -- Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) -- On the King
• Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
  -- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Conquest of Granada, Epilogue...
• Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up childre
  now I have six children and no theories. -- John Wilmot, Earl of Rocheste...
• Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children.
  Now, I have three children and no theories. John Wilmot, Earl of Rocheste...
• Since attaining the full use of my reason no one has ever heard me laugh. -- Earl of Chesterfield