Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's... The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Imitations, moral ... - Página 92de Alexander Pope - 1787Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 páginas
...aspect, and a smile at heart. True Greatness. "Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like bocrates, that man is great indeed. The Tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 páginas
...but the more a fool , the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains , Or failing , smiles in exile or in chains , Like good Aurelius let him reign , or bleed Like Socrates , that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others breath , A thing beyond... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 páginas
...can conquer, these can cheat : Tis phrase absurd to call a Villain Great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains. Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 páginas
...can conquer, these can cheat : Tis phrase absurd to call a Villain Great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains. Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man... | |
| 1822 - 284 páginas
...those can conquer, these can cheat, Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates ;—that man... | |
| Philip Withers - 1822 - 414 páginas
...despise such vain and imaginary Distinctions. Who noble Ends, by noble Means obtains, Or, failing smiles in Exile, or in Chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that Man is GREAT indeed.* If under serious Conviction of its final Importance, I thus... | |
| George Chalmers - 1822 - 672 páginas
...in the annals of Scotland. But, " Tis phrase absurd, to call a villain good ; Who, wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." By his wife Agnes, Murray left two daughters, Margaret, and Mary : The first married Sir James Steuart... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 páginas
...aspect, and a smile at heart. True greatness. Who noble ends, by noble means obtau Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or blec Like Socrates that man is great indeed. The tear of sympathy. Nor the bright stars, which night's... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1823 - 236 páginas
...to travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. .. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 páginas
...these can 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 130 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, i Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, ; Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, I Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed I 235 Like Socrates, that... | |
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