Not one individual troubles himself about history, whilst a thousand read the drama; and the stains which Shakspeare's pen has affixed to the name of Fastolf, are of a nature never to be wiped away; thus disproving the distich of the satyrist, who indeed, by his own works, has effectually falsified his own maxim, that- "Truth will survive when merry jokes are past; For rising merit must buoy up at last."
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
"Yes," she admitted; "I suppose that's how it goes;" and she crooned the distich over, as if singing to herself.
"True and Other Stories"
George Parsons Lathrop
We must examine the possibility and the impossibility, and afterwards see who is the man who says he is the author of the distich, for there are extraordinary people in the world.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt