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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3120 Matthew Prior 1664-1721 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3120
AUTHOR:Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
QUOTATION:Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn;
And he alone is bless’d who ne’er was born.
ATTRIBUTION:Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book iii. Line 240.