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
| Alexander Pope - 1898 - 120 páginas
...can conquer, these can cheat; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: 220 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. 2 Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1898 - 122 páginas
...can conquer, these can cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 220 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.2 Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good... | |
| 1899 - 408 páginas
...ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1899 - 141 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 Like Socrates, that man is... | |
| 1899 - 434 páginas
...ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. 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... | |
| International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 558 páginas
...they to me Were a delight; *********** & 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. CASE IN NOUNS. 24. Meaning of the Word " Case."— The student... | |
| Heinrich Molenaar - 1899 - 152 páginas
...442) schreibt: "We are the nurslings of Habi.tude." An E. o. M. IV. VI. 68 : "Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave" erinnert auch stark das Marlowe zugeschriebene Citat: "more fool than knave." Vgl. auch die Zusammenstellung... | |
| Mrs. Theophila Carlile Campbell - 1899 - 358 páginas
...beautiful day — the day of mental freedom. " Who noble deeds by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign Or die like Socrates, That man is great indied ! "— POPE. CHAPTER II. HIS BIRTH, YOUTH, AND EARLY MANHOOD.... | |
| Elias J. MacEwan - 1900 - 330 páginas
...the longest day he had to live." 19. All our knowledge is, ourselves to know. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. How much of other each is sure to cost, How each for other oft is wholly lost. 20. Hast thou performed... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1900 - 434 páginas
...place, that he enjoyed worldly honors, or was endowed with intellectual gifts. " Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." What is the office of Chief Justice, if it has been used to betray Human Eights ? The crime is great... | |
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