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William Gifford Quotes

Virtue alone is true nobility.

Virtue alone is true nobility.

William Gifford
Virtue, Nobility
Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Underwoods, translations, &c. Discoveries. English grammar. Jonsonus viribus”, p.72

A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate, For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.

William Gifford
Hate, Fate, Add
Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, William Gifford (1860). “The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia and Lucilius”, p.120

Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

William Gifford
Mind, Desire, Shade

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