Quote#God & Faith
Live while you live, the epicure would say
Quote byPhilip Doddridge · 1702–1751
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Epigram on his Family Arms, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Live while you live, the epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day; Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my views, let both united be: I live in pleasure when I live to thee.
— Philip Doddridge
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