Quote#Nature
Mourne not inevitable things; thy teares can spring no deeds
Quote byGeorge Chapman · 1559–1634
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets (1611), Book XXIV, line 494, p. 336.
English (original)
Mourne not inevitable things; thy teares can spring no deeds To helpe thee, nor recall thy sonne: impacience ever breeds Ill upon ill, makes worst things worse.
— George Chapman
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