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Quotation from The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault
“That very often Hymen's blisses sweet, Altho' some tedious obstacles they meet, Are not less happy for approaching slow.”
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, The Moral, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion
The closing verse moral draws a gently ironic lesson about patience in love from the hundred-year wait.
Citation: "That very often Hymen's blisses sweet, Altho' some tedious obstacles they meet, Are not less happy for approaching slow." — Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, The Moral, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion. (id perrault-sleeping-beauty-q5)
Portrait: Portrait de Charles Perrault par Charles Le Brun (détail), Charles Le Brun, Public domain.
