Absalom and Achitophel Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject	Source
1	Easy still it proves, in factious times, With public zeal to cancel private crimes.	Zeal	Absalom and Achitophel
2	Some of their chiefs were princes of the land; In the first rank of these did Zimri[A] stand; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon. Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.	Rulers	Absalom and Achitophel
3	For close designs and crooked councils fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.	Rulers	Absalom and Achitophel
4	Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapors rise.	Sun	Absalom and Achitophel
5	Nobler is a limited command Given by the love of all your native land, Than a successive title, long and dark, Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark.	Aristocracy	Absalom and Achitophel

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