Quote#Wisdom
Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain: The heart can…
Quote byGeorge Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1709–1773
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poetical Works (1801), "Song. Written in the Year 1732", line 9, p. 75.
English (original)
Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain: The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain.
— George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
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