| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3232 |
| AUTHOR: | Joseph Addison (16721719) |
| QUOTATION: | When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cato. Act iv. Sc. 4. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation! Title and profit I resign; The pot of honour shall be mine. John Gay: Fables, Part ii. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds. [back] |
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