Footnotes
[801:5] Fournier: L'Esprit dans l'Histoire, p. 191.
[801:6] Voltaire writes to Madame du Deffand, January, 1764, that one of her bon-mots is quoted in the notes of "La Pucelle," canto 1: "Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte."
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JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. 1712-1778.
Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,—
Days of absence, I am weary:
She I love is far away.
Days of Absence.
GESTA ROMANORUM.[802:1]
We read of a certain Roman emperor who built a magnificent palace. In digging the foundation, the workmen discovered a golden sarcophagus ornamented with three circlets, on which were inscribed, "I have expended; I have given; I have kept; I have possessed; I do possess; I have lost; I am punished. What I formerly expended, I have; what I gave away, I have."[802:2]
Tale xvi.
See how the world rewards its votaries.[802:3]
Tale xxxvi.
If the end be well, all is well.[802:4]
Tale lxvii.
Whatever you do, do wisely, and think of the consequences.
Tale ciii.