1684, Thomas Blomer (translator), “Coriolanus” in John Dryden (editor), Plutarch’s Lives, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749, Volume 2, p. 244,
Such a Man looks upon Fame, not as a Reward of his present Virtue, but as an Earnest he has given of his future Performances; and is ashamed to underlive the Credit he has won, and not outshine his past illustrious Actions.
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They who are merely carried on by the wheel of such inclinations, without the hand and guidance of sovereign reason, are but the automatous part of mankind, rather lived than living, or at least underliving themselves.
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1786, “A Set of Resolutions for Old Age” in Andrew Kippis (ed.), The New Annual Register, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Volume 6, p. 233,
Not to indulge too much in the luxury of the table, nor yet to underlive the constitution.
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We cannot afford to embark on a policy of paternalism in Latin America because of the damage it would do to us through underliving our basic ideals.
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