For truth is precious and divine
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Samuel Butler (Poet)

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Value of truth Truth

Author

Samuel Butler (Poet)

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Hudibras

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1664 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Butler, Samuel. Hudibras: The second part. London: John Martyn & James Allestry, 1664, part 2, canto 2, l. 263.

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Of Man's First Disobedience, and the fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
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Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
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John Milton
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Language
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Time
1667 1660s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, l. 1.

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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, l. 1.

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Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Thomas Hobbes
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Time
1651 1650s 17th century
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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

Current Citation

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