John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6265 Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6265 |
| AUTHOR: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,— “’T is man’s perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sacrifice. |