Tag: Beilby Porteus

Teach him how to live,

And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.

Beilby Porteus

War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.

Beilby Porteus

One murder made a villain,

Millions a hero. Princes were privileged

To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus

He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.

Beilby Porteus