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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4218 David Garrik 1717-1779 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4218
AUTHOR:David Garrick (1717–1779)
QUOTATION:Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run. 1
ATTRIBUTION:On the Death of Mr. Pelham.
 
Note 1.
Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.—Plutarch: Life of Pompey. [back]