Quote#Wisdom
Than Timoleon's arms require
Quote byMark Akenside · 1721–1770
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Odes on Several Subjects (1745), Book I, Ode XVII: "On a Sermon against Glory", stanza ii, lines 17–18.
English (original)
Than Timoleon's arms require, And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.
— Mark Akenside
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