John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9668 Maurie Maeterlink 1862-1949 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9668 |
| AUTHOR: | Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) |
| QUOTATION: | All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come when science will turn upon its error and no longer hesitate to shorten our woes. A day will come when it will dare and act with certainty; when life, grown wiser, will depart silently at its hour, knowing that it has reached its term. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Our Eternity. |