For sure such courage length of life denies,
And thou must fall, thy virtue's sacrifice.
(The Iliad: Book VI)
More Quotes from Alexander Pope:
Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign;Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine.
Alexander Pope
Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked, God save King Log'
Alexander Pope
A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and the proud shall be.
Alexander Pope
The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
Alexander Pope
See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again All forms that perish other forms supply By turns we catch the vital breath and die.
Alexander Pope
When man's whole frame is obvious to a flea.
Alexander Pope
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life QuotesHaving federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.
Ron Paul
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
Natalie Clifford Barney
Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has.
Trish Stratus