John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3673 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3673 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold: Not all Apollo’s Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway, Can bribe the poor possession of a day. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Iliad of Homer. Book ix. Line 524. |