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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3633 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3633
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:A brave man struggling in the storms of fate,
And greatly falling with a falling state.
While Cato gives his little senate laws,
What bosom beats not in his country’s cause?
ATTRIBUTION:Prologue to Mr. Addison’s Cato.