John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6523 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6523 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Ladder of Saint Augustine. |
| Note 1. I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Tennyson: In Memoriam, i. [back] |