John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3833 John Gay 1685-1732 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3833 |
| AUTHOR: | John Gay (1685–1732) |
| QUOTATION: | While there is life there ’s hope, he cried. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fables. Part i. The Sick Man and the Angel. |
| Note 1. [greek] (For the living there is hope, but for the dead there is none.)—Theocritus: Idyl iv. 42. Ægroto, dum anima est, spes est (While the sick man has life, there is hope).—Cicero: Epistolarum ad Atticum, ix. 10. [back] |