James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Bancroft
Ennui is a word which the French invented, though of all nations in Europe they know the least of it.
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.
Falsehood and death are synonymous.
In nine cases out of ten, the evil tongue belongs to a disappointed man.
It is when the hour of conflict is over, that history comes to a right understanding of the strife, and is ready to exclaim: “Lo! God is here, and we knew it not.”