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Quote#Wisdom

May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name

Quote byRichard Savage · 1697–1743

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Character of Foster, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame", Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, line 158..

English (original)

May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name, And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.

— Richard Savage

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