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

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Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle i. Book ii. Line 413.

Years following years steal something every day;

At last they steal us from ourselves away.

Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle ii. Book ii. Line 72.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle ii. Book ii. Line 85.

Words that wise Bacon or brave Raleigh spoke.

Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Epistle ii. Book ii. Line 168.

Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words,

So known, so honour'd at the House of Lords.[330:2]