Quote#Nature
High state, the bed is where misfortune lies
Quote byEdward Fairfax · 1580–1635
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted in England's Parnassus (1600), Book II, stanza 70.
English (original)
High state, the bed is where misfortune lies, Mars most unfriendly, when most kind he seems, Who climbeth high, on earth he hardest lights, And lowest falls attend the highest flights.
— Edward Fairfax
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