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George Sewell Quotes

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

George Sewell
Inspirational, Motivational, Fear
George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh. [In Five Acts and in Verse.]”, p.4

When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.

George Sewell
Suicide, Suicidal, Brave

Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.

George Sewell
Sleep, Inspire, Clay
George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields”, p.12

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