Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Daily Dose

From The British Essayists: Guardian, edited by The Rev. Robert Lynman, A. M.

AN OLD MAN'S WORD

"Let them take an old man's word; the desire of fame grows languid in a few years, and thoughts of ease and convenience erase the fairy images of glory and honour."

From #141, Saturday, August 22, 1713, by Richard Steele

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