Song 5, "Praise for Birth and Education in a Christian Land", stanza 3. Cf. Psalms 119:72 (KJV): "The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver."
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
Caraf trachas Lloegyr, lleudir goglet hediw,
ac yn amgant y Lliw lliwas callet.
Caraf am rotes rybuched met,
myn y dyhaet my meith gwyrysset.
Carafy theilu ae thew anhet yndi
ac wrth uot y ri rwyfaw dyhet.
"Gorhoffedd" (The Boast), line 3; translation from Robert Gurney Bardic Heritage (London: Chatto & Windus, 1969) p. 39.
“This to a tyrant master sold
His native land for cursed gold.”
John Conington (1825–1869) British classical scholar
Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book VI, p. 215
Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician
Built to Last, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Love Lies Bleeding
Song lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
Reza Pahlavi's request to join in the Iran-Iraq war, 1980, as quoted in Farah Pahlavi (2004) An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah, p. 396.
Attributed
“I would rather lose all my lands and a hundred lives than be king over heretics.”
Philip II of Spain (1527–1598) King of Spain who became King of England by marriage to Queen Mary I
David A. Pharies, A brief history of the Spanish language (2007), p. 147.
Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847) Irish political leader
July 1812, aged 37, reflecting on the failure to secure equal rights or Catholic Emancipation for Catholics in Ireland. Quoted from Vol I, p. 185, of O'Connell, J. (ed.) The Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, 2 Vols, Dublin, 1846)
