John Clare Aphorisms

"Anticipation is the sweetest of earthly pleasures"
('John Clare by Himself' p57)

"Lets have sandwich for lunch & pull at the tankard or pitcher"
(Kt. 1 p132)

"Distress and sorrow quickly proves the friend sincere & true"
Nor MS 1 p162

"If life had a second edition how I woud correct the proofs"
(from a letter to Mrs Emmerson, dated 10 August 1823)

“I met Patty by accident fell in love by accident married her by accident and esteemed her by choice
'The Poet in Love' (2014)

"A good man only wishes to be treated with respect but a bad man demands reverence & is not then contented"
Pet MS B4 p133

"O ale O ale what soul can ken the wonders thou performsd on men"

Pet MS A16 p38

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