Richard Savage
English poet (c. 1697- 1743)
Richard Savage (c. 1697 – August 1, 1743) was an English poet.
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- Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear!
Oaths are of dreadful Weight—and, if they're false,
Draw down Damnation.- Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i.
- When Anger rushes, unrestrain'd, to Action,
Like a hot Steed, it stumbles in its way!
The Man of Thought wounds deepest, and strikes safely.- Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i.
- He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.- The Bastard (1728), line 7, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damn'd to fame.- 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.
