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“Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God 'tisglory; and when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.”

Men Earth Desire Fire Too Much Seeds Heavenly Weed Sparks Aspire Vicious Celestial Sprung

Author:John Dryden

“Posthumous fame is a plant of tardy growth, for our body must be the seed of it; or we may liken it to a torch, which nothing but the last spark of life can light up; or we may compare it to the trumpet of the archangel, for it is blown over the dead; but unlike that awful blast, it is of earth, not of heaven, and can neither rouse nor raise us.”

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.”

Men Soul Earth Dying Flames Sparks

Author:James F. Cooper