John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Isaac de Benserade. (1612–1691) |
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| In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And, born in bed, in bed we die. The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss to human woe. 1 |
| François, duc de La Rochefoucauld. (1613–1680) |
| 9510 |
| Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. 2 |
| Maxim 19. |
| 9511 |
| We have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. |
| Maxim 19. |
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| Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it. 3 |
| Maxim 22. |
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| We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune. |
| Maxim 25. |
| 9514 |
| Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye. |
| Maxim 26. |
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| Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness. |
| Maxim 39. |
| 9516 |
| We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose. |
| Maxim 49. |
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| There are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer. |
| Maxim 71. |
| Note 1. Translated by Samuel Johnson. [back] |
| Note 2. This epigraph, which is the key to the system of La Rochefoucauld, is found in another form as No. 179 of the Maxims of the first edition, 1665; it is omitted from the second and third, and reappears for the first time in the fourth edition at the head of the Reflections.—Aime Martin. [back] |
| Note 3. See Goldsmith, Quotation 75. [back] |