Alexander Pope Quotes about Glory
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Alexander Pope (1808). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six volumes complete : with his last corrections, additions, and improvements : together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton”, p.274
Alexander Pope, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) (1760). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton”, p.136
