Richard Savage

thumb|right|180px|Title page of Life of Mr Richard Savage Richard Savage (c. 1697 – August 1, 1743) was an English poet. Quotes Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear!Oaths are of dreadful Weight—and, if they're false,Draw down Damnation. Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i. When Anger rushes, unrestrain'd, to Action,Like a hot Steed, it stumbles in its way!The Man of Thought wounds deepest, and strikes safely. Sir Thomas Overbury (1724), Act II, scene i. 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). May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,And glorify what else is damn'd to fame. Character of Foster, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame", Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, line 158. External links Category:Poets from England Category:Prisoners Category:1690s births Category:1743 deaths