Reference > Quotations > John Bartlett, comp. > Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. > 3637. Alexander Pope
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3637
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:For he lives twice who can at once employ
The present well, and e’en the past enjoy. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Imitation of Martial.
 
Note 1.
Ampliat ætatis spatium sibi vir bonus; hoc est
Vivere bis vita posse priore frui
(The good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one’s past life is to live twice).—Martial, x. 237.

See Cowley, Quotation 21. [back]
 

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry
© 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150]