Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.


The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy [by L. Sterne]. (ed. 1761)

Laurence Sterne Quotes

Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.

Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.

Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.

Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late.