John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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Francis Quarles. (15921644) |
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1 | Death aims with fouler spite At fairer marks. 1 |
Divine Poems (ed. 1669). |
2 | Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!
Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Light will repay The wrongs of night; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! |
Emblems. Book i. Emblem 14. |
3 | Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. |
Book ii. Emblem 2. |
4 | This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears. Cupid, t has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone. |
Emblem 10, Ep. 10. |
5 | The slender debt to Nature s quickly paid, 2 Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made. |
Book ii. Emblem 13. |
6 | The next way home s the farthest way about. 3 |
Book iv. Emblem 2, Ep. 2. |
7 | It is the lot of man but once to die. |
Book v. Emblem 7. |
| Note 1. Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night v. line 1011. [back] | Note 2. To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.Euripides: Alcestis, line 418. [back] | Note 3. The longest way round is the shortest way home.Bohn: Foreign Proverbs (Italian). [back] |
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