Quote#Death
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high
Quote byThomas Tickell · 1685–1740
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To the Earl of Warwick, on the Death of Mr. Addison (1721), line 81..
English (original)
There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
— Thomas Tickell
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There patient show'd us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe; There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Just men, by whom impartial laws were given; And saints who taught and led the way to heaven.
Prevent the rising sun.
Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.
Fight virtue's cause, stand up in wit's defence, Win us from vice, and laugh us into sense.
A snow of blossoms and a wild of flowers.