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

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Stephen Decatur (1779-1820): Toast given at Norfolk, April, 1816.

Here shall the Press the People's right maintain,

Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain;

Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw,

Pledg'd to Religion, Liberty, and Law.

Joseph Story (1779-1845): Motto of the "Salem Register." (Life of Story, Vol. i. p. 127.)

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

Robert Emmet (1780-1803): Speech on his Trial and Conviction for High Treason, September, 1803.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

C. C. Colton (1780-1832): The Lacon.