01c. 1770 ADThan all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
02c. 1770 ADGo boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
03c. 1770 ADOn parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
04c. 1770 ADWhat constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
05c. 1770 ADSeven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
06UndatedThe Bible contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they have been written.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
07UndatedOn parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat’st while all around thee smiled: So live, that sinking to thy life’s last sleep Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.Sir William Jones / quote ↗
Edsverb reading cardΠThe RepublicPlatoFree edition · US public domainBenjamin Jowett translationRelated reading on knowledge; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card☼The ProphetKahlil GibranFree edition · US public domain1923 English editionRelated reading on life; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card✧ConfessionsAugustineFree edition · US public domainE. B. Pusey translationRelated reading on life; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗