Man differs more from man, than man from beast.

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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Topic

Nature of man Man and animals

Author

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Source

A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Wilmot, John. A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind. London, c. 1679.

Current Citation

Wilmot, John. "A Satire Against Reason and Mankind." Selected Poems. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Time
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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1104.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1104.

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If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"

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Time
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Weygand'sche Buchhandlung, 1774.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013.