Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Love of Fame. Satire v. Line 228.

For her own breakfast she 'll project a scheme,

Nor take her tea without a stratagem.

Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190.

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear;

Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,

And trifles life.

Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 208.

One to destroy is murder by the law,

And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;