Philosophical literatureIn general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.VoltairePhilosophical Dictionary · 1764★ 4.6
People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it.Voltaire1764★ 3.7
PoemWhere wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.Oliver Goldsmith1764★ 3.5
PoemOld-age, a second child, by Nature cursed With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, full of pains; in ev'ry breath Railing at life, and yet afraid of death.Charles Churchill1764★ 3.5
Essay · Political literatureLaws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in.William Shenstone1764★ 3.5
PoemBe England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.Charles ChurchillThe Farewell · 1764★ 1.9
PoemSuch is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home.Oliver Goldsmith1764★ 1.9
LetterOne of the greatest geniuses that ever existed, Shakespeare, undoubtedly wanted taste.Horace Walpole1764★ 1.0
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