"Bon mot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... him aux honneurs de la feance." [To the honours of the fitting.] This disposition to jest with their misfortunes is, however, not so common as it was formerly. A bon mot may alleviate the loss of a battle, and a lampoon on the court solace under the burthen of a new impost; but the most thoughtless or improvident can find nothing very facetious in the prospect of absolute want—and those who have been used to laugh under a circumscription ...
— A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady |
