Quote#Wisdom
We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe
Quote byJohn Pomfret · 1667–1702
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Verses to his Friend under Affliction. Compare: " Bless the hand that gave the blow", John Dryden, The Spanish Friar (1681), Act ii. Sc. 1..
English (original)
We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow.
— John Pomfret
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