| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3924 |
| AUTHOR: | Philip Doddridge (17021751) |
| QUOTATION: | Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views, let both united be: I live in pleasure when I live to thee. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Epigram on his Family Arms. 1 |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | Note 1. Dum vivimus vivamus (Let us live while we live).Orton: Life of Doddridge. [back] |
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