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

4134 Laurene Sterne 1713-1768 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4134
AUTHOR:Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
QUOTATION:God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Maria.
WORKS:Laurence Sterne Collection.
 
Note 1.
Dieu mésure le froid à la brebis tondue (God measures the cold to the shorn lamb).—Henri Estienne (1594): Prémices, etc. p. 47.

See Herbert, Quotation 26. [back]