| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Ease |
| | | A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. Cowper. | 1 |
| | Indulge, and to thy genius freely give, |
| For not to live at ease is not to live. |
Persius. | 2 |
| | Ease leads to habit, as success to ease, |
| He lives by rule who lives himself to please. |
Crabbe. | 3 |
| He lives at ease that freely lives. Barbour. | 4 | | |
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