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 xxii. Line 543.

'T is true, 't is certain; man though dead retains

Part of himself: the immortal mind remains.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 122.

Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 368.

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize,[341:3]

And to be swift is less than to be wise.

'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes.

The Iliad of Homer. Book xxiii. Line 383.