No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains." - Meaning and context.">
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No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.

— Charles Churchill (satirist)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains." in the context of "line 271" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Churchill (satirist)" (Quotes, Night: An Epistle to Robert Lloyd (1761)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Charles Churchill (satirist)

About Charles Churchill (satirist)

Charles Churchill (February 1731 – November 4, 1764) was an English poet and satirist.