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“Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views, let both united be: I live in pleasure when I live to thee.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Epigram on his Family Arms.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a463c7e3dc02bcc35e9bd266cd709909986117695541443d1319ca6484a53d41
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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