William Gifford Quotes

• 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

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• 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

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• 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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