George Sewell Quotes

• Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

  George Sewell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh. [In Five Acts and in Verse.]”, p.4

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• When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.

  George Sewell

  Suicide, Suicidal, Brave

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• Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.

  George Sewell

  Sleep, Inspire, Clay

  George Sewell (1719). “The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields”, p.12

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