Tao Te Ching
Jacob Huysmans
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
1647 – 1680 CE
A poetic shock to the Puritanical world-view
“Notorious libertine,” poet, friend to a king, "the best English satirist;” Wilmot spear-headed the swing away from the Puritan era. His “rakish” poetry shocked the status quo, was censored in the Victorian era, and regained popularity in the 1920’s influencing writers like Graham Greene and Ezra Pound. Famous and influential in his own time, he expanded the crumbling cracks in the Puritanical world view; but, died for his efforts from alcoholism and venereal diseases at only 33.
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Quotes by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2 quotes)
“Sex could impel a whole nation of atheists to worship a divinity.”
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“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.”
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