 | George Paston - 1909 - 430 pages
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Superior talents are depreciated in their turn, like fame and riches : If parts allure thee, think... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 498 pages
...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...fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have, and what's unknown The same (my lord) if Tully's,... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 506 pages
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What 's fame ? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what... | |
 | English poetry - 1910 - 492 pages
...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 bleerf Like Socrates, that man is great indeed What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1918 - 898 pages
...the imaginary good man of the poet Pope. "Who noble ends by noble means attains, That man is great, in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelius, let him...bleed — Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." There is no doubt that he knew more of Scotland's great poet, Burns, than any other man in this section.... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - English language - 1920 - 520 pages
...nation, proud in arms." — Omnus. (b) " Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Lite Socrates, that man is great indeed." — Essay on Man, iv. (c) " Would I hadfaM'n upon those happifr... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...above all Roman fame. POPE— Epistles of Horace. Ep. I. Bk. II. L. 26. (See also DBTDEN under NAME) 17 f Hercules. 6 Take heed lest e'en before our death. POPE— Essay on Man. Ep. IV. L. 237. 18 If parte allure thee, think how Bacon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1926 - 310 pages
...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 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame? A fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...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 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others breath, A thing... | |
 | 1901 - 502 pages
...pitch,—would that its tone could reach the Rich! She sang this "Song of the shirt!" FAME. BY ALEXANDER POPE. What's fame? A fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have; and what's unknown, The same (my lord) if Tully's,... | |
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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... 
