Quote#Humour & Wit
Laugh at all you trembled at before
Quote byWilliam Cowper · 1731–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Progress of Error (1782), Line 592.
English (original)
Laugh at all you trembled at before.
— William Cowper
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