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

3244 Joseph Addison 1672-1719 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3244
AUTHOR:Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
QUOTATION:Should the whole frame of Nature round him break,
In ruin and confusion hurled,
He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack,
And stand secure amidst a falling world.
ATTRIBUTION:Horace. Ode iii. Book iii.