"Dear-bought" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... 'mid the confidence of just renown, Renown dear-bought, but dearest thus acquired, Write, Britain, write the moral lesson down: 'Tis not alone the heart with valour fired, The discipline so dreaded and admired, In many a field of bloody conquest known, —Such may by fame be lured, by gold ...
— Some Poems by Sir Walter Scott • Sir Walter Scott
... Soon mayst thou this thy dear-bought victory rue, For thou hast done what thou canst ne'er undo! Unworthy deed for Roman knight! ah, me! (Aside.) I would that I could ...
— Polyuecte • Pierre Corneille |
