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

Maurie Maeterlink 1862-1949 John Bartlett

 
1
      The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most.
          Joyzelle. Act i.
2
      Men’s weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.
          Joyzelle. Act ii.
3
      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.
          Our Eternity.