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

3673 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3673
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold:
Not all Apollo’s Pythian treasures hold,
Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway,
Can bribe the poor possession of a day.
ATTRIBUTION:The Iliad of Homer. Book ix. Line 524.
 


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