Sir Egerton Brydges Quotes. James Wood, comp. 1899. Dictionary of Quotations

James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Sir Egerton Brydges


Duty by habit is to pleasure turn’d; / He is content who to obey has learn’d.	1
He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.	2
“Nil admirari” is the motto which men of the world always affect, thinking it vulgar to wonder or be enthusiastic.	3
The glory dies not, and the grief is past.	4