John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3381 Thomas Tikell 1686-1740 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3381 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Tickell (1686–1740) |
| QUOTATION: | There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 81. |
| Note 1. He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them to live.—Montaigne: Essay, book i. chap. ix. I have taught you, my dear flock, for above thirty years how to live; and I will show you in a very short time how to die.—Sandys: Anglorum Speculum, p. 903. Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die. Porteus: Death, line 316. He taught them how to live and how to die.—Somerville: In Memory of the Rev. Mr. Moore. [back] |