Quote#Wisdom
To be resign'd when ills betide
Quote byNathaniel Cotton · 1705–1788
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Fireside, stanza 11, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "The incense of the heart may rise", Pierpont, Every Place a Temple, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,— Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.
— Nathaniel Cotton
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