"How blessings brighten as they take their flight."
"One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame."
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Source: The Love of Fame Satire 7, l. 55 (1725 - 1728) See Porteus 1; Jean Rostand 1
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