Charles Caleb Colton (1777–1832) British priest and writer
Source: Lacon (1820) Vol. I; CCCCXXVII (7th Edition, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, in 1821)
“Who knows?
Better times may come to those in pain.”
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book XII, Line 153 (tr. Fagles)
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Better times may come to those in pain." by Virgil?
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