Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Ambrose Philips

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Ambrose Philips.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Ambrose Philips

Ambrose Philips was an English poet and politician. He feuded with other poets of his time, resulting in Henry Carey bestowing the nickname "Namby-Pamby" upon him, which came to mean affected, weak, and maudlin speech or verse.

Studious of ease, and fond of humble things. — © Ambrose Philips
Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.
And thou shalt in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee.
The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring.
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