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

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The mildest manners, and the gentlest heart.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xvii. Line 756.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!

The Iliad of Homer. Book xvii. Line 758.

Patroclus, lov'd of all my martial train,

Beyond mankind, beyond myself, is slain!

The Iliad of Homer. Book xviii. Line 103.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xviii. Line 134.

Ah, youth! forever dear, forever kind.