| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | Note 1. This reflection, No. 99 in the edition of 1665, the author suppressed in the third edition.
In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us. Dean Swift: A Paraphrase of Rochefoucaulds Maxim. [back] |
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