Men who their own misfortunes only weigh
- DMI number:
- 30376
- First Line:
- Men who their own misfortunes only weigh
- Last Line:
- Because their neighbour's under greater sweat
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Moral and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Fable III. The Ass, Ape, and Mole' (The Moral). Select Fables (1708), I: 4-5.
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Repining only adds to Misery; or, Sorrows are lightened by Comparison.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Repining only adds to Misery; or, Sorrows are lightened by Comparison.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T128069] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Repining only adds to Misery; or, Sorrows are lightened by Comparison.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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