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

9512 Fran&edilois

 
NUMBER:9512
AUTHOR:François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
QUOTATION:Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Maxim 22.
 
Note 1.
See Goldsmith, Quotation 75. [back]