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

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Life's business being just the terrible choice.

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1236.

It is the glory and good of Art

That Art remains the one way possible

Of speaking truth,—to mouths like mine, at least.

The Book and the Ring. The Pope. Line 842.

Thy[651:1] rare gold ring of verse (the poet praised)

Linking our England to his Italy.

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 873.

But how carve way i' the life that lies before,