John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Alexander Pope. (1688–1744) (continued) |
| 3736 |
| O thou, whose certain eye foresees The fix’d events of fate’s remote decrees. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 627. |
| 3737 |
| Forget the brother, and resume the man. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 732. |
| 3738 |
| Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 917. |
| 3739 |
| The people’s parent, he protected all. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 921. |
| 3740 |
| The big round tear stands trembling in her eye. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 936. |
| 3741 |
| The windy satisfaction of the tongue. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book iv. Line 1092. |
| 3742 |
| Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev’n to gods is misery. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 572. |
| 3743 |
| The bank he press’d, and gently kiss’d the ground. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book v. Line 596. |
| 3744 |
| A heaven of charms divine Nausicaa lay. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 22. |
| 3745 |
| Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales, And the good suffers while the bad prevails. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 229. |
| 3746 |
| By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vi. Line 247. |
| 3747 |
| A decent boldness ever meets with friends. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 67. |
| 3748 |
| To heal divisions, to relieve th’ opprest; In virtue rich; in blessing others, blest. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 95. |
| 3749 |
| Oh, pity human woe! ’T is what the happy to the unhappy owe. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 198. |
| 3750 |
| Whose well-taught mind the present age surpast. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 210. |
| 3751 |
| For fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev’n from the birth are misery and man! |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 263. |
| 3752 |
| In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare! |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book vii. Line 379. |
| 3753 |
| And every eye Gaz’d, as before some brother of the sky. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book viii. Line 17. |
| 3754 |
| Nor can one word be chang’d but for a worse. |
| The Odyssey of Homer. Book viii. Line 192. |