David Hare (1947) British writer
Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare Guesses at Truth (London: Macmillan, ([1827-48] 1867) pp. 209-10.
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“When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.”
Source: Epigrams, p. 371
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