Quote#Wisdom
None question whence it comes, but come it must
Quote byWilliam Gifford · 1756–1826
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Satires of Juvenal, satire xiv, line 284 (207: Unde habeas quaerit nemo, sed oportet habere)..
English (original)
None question whence it comes, but come it must.
— William Gifford
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