John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2103 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2103 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | I would help others, out of a fellow-feeling. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |
| Note 1. A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.—David Garrick: Prologue on quitting the stage. Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco (Being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate).—Virgil: Æneid, lib. i. 630. [back] |