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• Sir, I have quarrelled with my wife; and a man who has quarrelled with his wife is absolved from all duty to his country.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Country, Men, Wife

  'Nightmare Abbey' (1818) ch. 11

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• Man yields to death; and man's sublimest works
  Must yield at length to Time.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Time, Men, Yield

  Thomas Love Peacock (1931). “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poems and plays. 1931”

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• The present is our own; but while we speak,
  We cease from its possession, and resign
  The stage we tread on, to another race,
  As vain, and gay, and mortal as ourselves.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Time, Gay, Race

  Thomas Love Peacock (1931). “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poems and plays. 1931”

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• Seamen three! what men be ye?
  Gotham's three Wise Men we be.
  Whither in your bowl so free?
  To rake the moon from out the sea.
  The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine,
  And our ballast is old wine.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Wise, Wine, Moon

  Thomas Love Peacock (1850). “Headlong hall and Nightmare abbey”, p.152

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• Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Lying, Drunk, Drink

  Thomas Love Peacock (1829). “The misfortunes of Elphin”, p.32

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• Tea, late dinners and the French Revolution. I cannot exactly see the connection of ideas.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Ideas, Tea, Connections

  Thomas Love Peacock (2009). “Nightmare Abbey: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.64, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Time, the foe of man's dominion,
  Wheels around in ceaseless flight,
  Scattering from his hoary pinion
  Shades of everlasting night.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Time, Night, Men

  Thomas Love Peacock (1812). “The Genius of the Thames, Palmyra, and Other Poems”, p.97

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• Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Animal, Men, Use

  Thomas Love Peacock (1850). “Headlong hall and Nightmare abbey”, p.8

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• Laughter ispleasant, butthe exertion istoomuchfor me.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Funny, Laughter, Humor

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• But though first love's impassioned blindness Has passed away in colder light, I still have thought of you with kindness, And shall do, till our last goodnight. The ever-rolling silent hours Will bring a time we shall not know, When our young days of gathering flowers Will be an hundred years ago.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Time, Kindness, Flower

  'Love and Age' (1860)

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• But still my fancy wanders free
  Through that which might have been.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Might, Fancy, Wander

  Thomas Love Peacock (1931). “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Poems and plays. 1931”

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