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Quotes from Hannibal — John Nichol

1833–1894 Scotland

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8 quotes

Again we breathe
Fresh air and sun through lanes your lances made.

Hannibal (1873)

The dog that barks the loudest is not he
That grips the fastest.

Hannibal (1873)

Pale maids with passionless purity adorn
Prim Vesta's temple.

Hannibal (1873)

The pastime of light minds
Is mocking others' grief.

Hannibal (1873)

All is light
To him that lightly loves.

Hannibal (1873)

The Gods are not of Rome or Italy:
They dwell in earth's abyss or with the stars,
Their shrines are where we bring heroic hearts.

Hannibal (1873)

Who shuns offence and holds with neither side,
Who dreads the deep and never dares to swim,
Who fears to trip and never tries to run,
May yet in walking stumble.

Hannibal (1873)

Greece and the world are Rome's: her stars prevail;
But our complexion shifts not with the gale.
When ONE against a NATION plays his life,
He bears from hosts the glory of the strife:
Until the hero's godlike race be run
I shall be loyal to the setting sun.

Hannibal (1873)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Nichol (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.