Quote#Nature
Let others hail the rising sun
Quote byDavid Garrick · 1717–1779
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Death of Mr. Pelham. Compare: "Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun", Plutarch, Life of Pompey..
English (original)
Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.
— David Garrick
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