David Mallet (writer)

thumb| David Mallet (or Malloch; c. 1705 – 21 April 1765) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Quotations O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends. "Horace, Epistle XIII. Book I. imitated", l. 132. Unattributed in The London Magazine, vol. 2 (August 1784) p. 125. Attributed to Mallet in John F. Addington (ed.) Poetical Quotations (Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1829) p. 172, no. 18 Horace, Satires, bk. 2, no. 6, ll. 1–3 (Hoc erat in votis) Alfred (1740) Libretto, co-written with James Thomson Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue: Where patience, honour, sweet humanity, Calm fortitude, take root, and strongly flourish. Who has not known ill fortune, never knew Himself, or his own virtue. The human race are sons of sorrow born; And each must have his portion. Vulgar minds Refuse or cranch beneath their load: the brave Bear theirs without repining. External links Author:David Mallet Category:1700s births Category:1765 deaths Category:Poets from Scotland Category:Playwrights from Scotland Category:University of Edinburgh alumni Category:Editors from Scotland Category:Spies Category:Jacobites