Robert Lloyd (1733 – 1764) was an English poet and satirist. He first attended Westminster School, later graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1755 and an M.A. in 1758. Lloyd was co-editor of the St. James Magazine and a member of the Nonsense Club of Old Westminster (a group of British satirists). Two of his better known works are the poem The Actor (1760) and the comic opera The Capricious Lovers (1764).
Quotes by Robert Lloyd…
Suppose a neighbor should desire to light a candle at your fire, would it deprive your flame of light, because another profits by it?
