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Beilby Porteus
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“He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.”
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) said by 1809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Robert J. Sawyer
“In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.”
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) said by 1809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.”
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) said by 1809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.”
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) said by 1809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.”
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) first seen 1721 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 316. Compare: "There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die", Thomas Tickell, On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721), line 81.; "He who should teach men to die, would at…