WIST Quotations

Johnson, Samuel -- Essay (1758-09-23), The Idler, No. 23

Dave — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:22:40 +0000

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-09-23), The Idler, No. 23
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See Propertius.

Dave — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:52:36 +0000

There is not so much Comfort in the having of Children as there is Sorrow in parting with them.

Thomas Fuller (1654–1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 4932 (1732)
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