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“Fear speaks degenerate minds.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Fear

“When they and Venus to his cottage came,
For lust-rewards prefer'd the Cyprian dame.”

John Ogilby

Book XXIV; the Judgement of Paris.
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

“He must hoyst Sail, and fly.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Flying

“Those that can Help, to Hurt may find a way.”

John Ogilby

Fab. LVI: Of the Eagle and the Beetle
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Way , Help , Hurt

“Trojans beware, within some Mischief lyes;
Be what it will, Greeks bringing Gifts I fear.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

Fear

“This, think'st thou Dust intomb'd, or Ghosts regard?”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Achilles Peleus Son's destructive Rage,
Great Goddess, sing, which did the Greeks engage
In many Woes, and mighty Hero's Ghosts
Sent down untimely to the Stygian Coasts:
Devouring Vultures on their Bodies prey'd,
And greedy Dogs, (so was Jove's Will obey'd;)
Because Great Agamemnon fell at odds
With stern Achilles, Off-spring of the Gods.”

John Ogilby

Book I, opening lines
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

God , Dogs , Spring , Rage

“Go, raise great Troy by prowess to the Skies.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“Singing let's go, the way shall better please.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks

Way , Singing

“Why prattle we like children at their play,
Spending thus idle breath, enough to freight
An able vessel of the primer rate?
Our tongues are voluble, and store of words
Invention on all arguments affords,
Scatter'd on fresh occasions here and there,
And what thou say'st thou shalt from others hear.
Let us no longer vainly thus contend,
Like fenceless women, railing to no end.”

John Ogilby

Book XX
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

Women , Children

“Who Weapons put into a Mad-Man's Hands,
May be the first the Error understands.”

John Ogilby

Fab. XXXVI: Of the Husband-man and the Wood
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Error , Understanding , Madness

“Farewell, farewel, Night shades my Body o're,
Stretching my hands, t'embrace thee, thine no more.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

Night

“One good Art's better than a thousand bad.”

John Ogilby

Fab. LVII: Of the Fox and the Cat
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Art

“Whence Men, a hard Race, sprung.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

Men

“Th' Old Man a feeble Javelin threw,
Which could not pierce his sounding Target through,
But on the Margin hung the harmless Spear.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“But Ajax now no longer thought it good
To keep his post, and stand where others stood.”

John Ogilby

Book XV
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)

“Nor is there place for Death.”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Georgicks

Death

“Thus at Home happy, oft fond Youth complain,
And Peace and Plenty with soft Beds disdain.
But when in Forrein War Death seals his Eys,
His Birth-place he remembers e'r he Dies.”

John Ogilby

Fab. LIII: Of the Tortoise and the Frogs, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)

Death , War , Youth , Peace

“So great the Task to raise the Roman State!”

John Ogilby

The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis

“These Heaven decrees, and ever-fixed Fate.
But say, blest prophet, and the truth relate;
I see my mother's shade, who not her son
Will speak to, nor so much as look upon:
Silent she sits by sacred blood: ah, how
May she, poor shadow! her dear offspring know?”

John Ogilby

Book X
Homer His Odysses Translated (1665)

Fate , Truth