John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3562 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3562 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Who pants for glory finds but short repose: A breath revives him, or a breath o’erthrows. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle i. Book ii. Line 300. |
| Note 1. A breath can make them as a breath has made.—Oliver Goldsmith: The Deserted Village, line 54. [back] |