"Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend……" — George Farquhar
"Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear."
—
George Farquhar
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
27 Quotes by George Farquhar
George Farquhar has 27 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
-
Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
-
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
-
How a little love and good company improves a woman.
-
Necessity, the mother of invention.
-
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
-
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.
-
Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid…
-
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
-
Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you;…
-
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.
-
Aimwell: Then you understand Latin, Mr. Bonniface? Bonniface: Not I, Sir, as the saying is, but he talks it so…
See all 27 quotes by George Farquhar »
More Acts Quotes
This quote is filed under Acts Quotes,
one of 1,679 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
-
The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
— Marcus Aurelius
-
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
— Teresa of Avila
-
What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
-
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
-
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
— Bernard Baruch
-
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
-
The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
— Pope Benedict XVI
-
Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
— Alfred Adler
-
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
-
Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
See all 1,679 Acts Quotes »