John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon. (1633?–1685) |
| 3028 |
| Remember Milo’s end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. |
| Essay on Translated Verse. Line 87. |
| 3029 |
| And choose an author as you choose a friend. |
| Essay on Translated Verse. Line 96. |
| 3030 |
| Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. |
| Essay on Translated Verse. Line 113. |
| 3031 |
| The multitude is always in the wrong. |
| Essay on Translated Verse. Line 184. |
| 3032 |
| My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me at my end. |
| Translation of Dies Iræ. |
| Thomas Ken. (1637–1711) |
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| Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! |
| Morning and Evening Hymn. |
| Sir John Powell. (d. 1713) |
| 3034 |
| Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason. 1 |
| Coggs vs. Bernard, 2 Lord Raymond, 911. |
| Sir Isaac Newton. (1642–1727) |
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| I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. 2 |
| Brewster’s Memoirs of Newton. Vol. ii. Chap. xxvii. |
| Note 1. See Coke, Quotation 2. [back] |
| Note 2. See Milton, Quotation 213. [back] |