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

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The Iliad of Homer. Book x. Line 293.

The rest were vulgar deaths, unknown to fame.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xi. Line 394.

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,

And asks no omen but his country's cause.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xii. Line 283.

The life which others pay let us bestow,

And give to fame what we to nature owe.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xii. Line 393.

And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.