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

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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 53.

Avoid shame, but do not seek glory,—nothing so expensive as glory.[460:2]

Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 88.

Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.

Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 130.

Looked as if she had walked straight out of the ark.

Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 157.

The Smiths never had any arms, and have invariably sealed their letters with their thumbs.

Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 244.