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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4395 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On the Sublime and Beautiful. Sect. xiv. vol. i. p. 118. |
| Note 1. In the adversity of our best friends we always find something which is not wholly displeasing to us.—Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld: Reflections, xv. [back] |
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