George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Quotes

True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

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• Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh-- To figure in the Catalogue, And woo the public eye. Something I must invent and paint; But oh my wit is not Like one of those kind substantives That answer Who and What?

  

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• True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none.

  

  George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  • Wit
  • Described
  • Everlasting