Quote#Wisdom
Our life is but a dark and stormy night
Quote byEdward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury · 1583–1648
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "To his Mistress for her True Picture", line 49.
English (original)
Our life is but a dark and stormy night, To which sense yields a weak and glimmering light, While wandering Man thinks he discerneth all By that which makes him but mistake and fall.
— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
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