Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ How many Experiments have been made in the Memory of Man, both in Religion, and in State, to mend Matters, upon pretence that they were Uneasie, by making them Intolerable, And whence is This, but from a Mistaken Opinion of the Present, and as False a Judgment of the Future! ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ It is Highly Dangerous, and Imprudent, for a People in War to call in an Enemy Prince to their Defence. There's no Trusting a Perfidious Man, nor any Enmity like the Pretended Protection of a Treacherous Friend. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ There is no Living in this World without Inconveniences, and therefore People should have the Wit, or the Honesty, to take up with the Lead, and to bear the Lot, which is not to be Avoided, with Honour, and Patience. ”
