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

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Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.

Take away the sword;

States can be saved without it.

Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.

In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves

For a bright manhood, there is no such word

As "fail."

Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.

The brilliant chief, irregularly great,

Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate![606:2]