George Crabbe Quote

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.


The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-four Letters (ed. 1816)


To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold...

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold...

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold...

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold...