John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Maurie Maeterlink 1862-1949 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most. |
| Joyzelle. Act i. |
| 2 |
| Men’s weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life. |
| Joyzelle. Act ii. |
| 3 |
| All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come when science will turn upon its error and no longer hesitate to shorten our woes. A day will come when it will dare and act with certainty; when life, grown wiser, will depart silently at its hour, knowing that it has reached its term. |
| Our Eternity. |