He lives to build, not boast, a generous race;
No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.


The Bastard (1728), line 7, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Richard Savage Quotes

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.