John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2882 Abraham Cowley 1618-1667 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2882 |
| AUTHOR: | Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) |
| QUOTATION: | Thus would I double my life’s fading space; For he that runs it well, runs twice his race. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Discourse xi. Of Myself. St. xi. |
| Note 1. For he lives twice who can at once employ The present well, and ev’n the past enjoy. Alexander Pope: Imitation of Martial. [back] |