“While men are what they are; while they have bad
Passions to be roused up: while ruled by men;
While all the powers and treasures of a land
At beck of the ambitious, wrongs may be
Offered, with insult; yea, while rights are worth
Maintaining; freedom keeping, or life having,
So long dread I, the sword shall shine.”
Festus (1839)
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British writer and poet 1816–1902Related quotes

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Men suld mak mirrie quhill thay mocht.
The Buik of Alexander, Part 2, line 4879; translation from Bartlett Jere Whiting and Helen Wescott Whiting Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1968) p. 380.
The attribution of this poem to Barbour is considered doubtful.
Disputed

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“While few customer offerings have a life, all great products and services have a soul.”
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