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

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Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled;

So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep,

Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.

From the Persian.

What constitutes a state?

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Men who their duties know,

But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain.

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And sovereign law, that state's collected will,