Quote#God & Faith
To exult
Quote byTobias Smollett · 1721–1771
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Regicide (1749), Act II, scene vii..
English (original)
To exult Ev'n o'er an enemy oppress'd, and heap Affliction on the afflicted, is the mark And the mean triumph of a dastard soul.
— Tobias Smollett
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