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Man yields to custom as he bows to fate, / In all things ruled—mind, body, and estate; / In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply / To them we know not, and we know not why.
Man yields to custom as he bows to fate, / In all things ruled—mind, body, and estate; / In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply / To them we know not, and we know not why.
Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- George Crabbe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Crabbe. · page_266
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