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Publications, The Shah's Story (1980), On world leaders and statesmen
“The stoic husband was the glorious thing.
The man had courage, was a sage, 'tis true,
And lov'd his country.”
Epilogue to Rowe's Jane Shore (1714).
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eighteenth century English poet 1688–1744Related quotes
“A glorious death is his
Who for his country falls.”
XV. 496–497 (tr. Lord Derby); spoken by Hector.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Ode to the Centenary of Burns http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/massey/dmc_burns_centenary2.htm#7 (1858)
“The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.”
Fingers Pointing Towards The Moon (1958)
“A stoic of the woods—a man without a tear.”
Part I, stanza 23 (1809)
Gertrude of Wyoming (1809)
Source: Education and the Social Order
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)