The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

77

As one asked Zeno whether wise men ought not to love: If wise men did not love, answered he, nothing in the World could be so wretched as the Fair, since none but Fools should be in Love with them.

77

Comme on demandoit à Zenon si les Sages ne devoient point aimer: si les Sages n’aimoient point, répondit-il, il n’y auroit rien au monde de plus malheureux que les belles, elles ne seroient aimées que des sots.