 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 ... - Page 92by Alexander Pope - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...weak. But grant that rhofc can conquer, thcfe can cheat; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, (miles in exile or in chains, like good Aurclius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 384 pages
...But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : 230 *Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the...Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aureliua let him feign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame, a fancied... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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 is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...joy : A caft unlike the triumph of the proud; A modeft afpect, and a linile at heart. True grcatnifs. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Tte tear of fyir.fatlyNo radiant pearl, which crefted Fortune... | |
 | Joseph Milner - Church history - 1800 - 694 pages
...we fhall fee he did. Is this, then, the man, whom Mr. Pope celebrates in, the following lines ? Who Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing...chains, Like good *Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. — Providence feems however to have determined, that thofe... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...those can conquer, these can cheat: Tis phrase absurd, to cull 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 is... | |
 | John Mason - Conduct of life - 1801 - 192 pages
...flcies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, or more a knave. Popes E/ay en Man> * Mark Ant. lib. 9. fee. 18. CHAP. XIII. VTiat Kind cf KncixhAge... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1802 - 278 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knaveWho noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, falling, 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 ;... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 232 pages
...weak. But grant that thofe can conquer ; thefe can cheat ; *Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great; Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...Who noble ends by noble means obtains* •. , Or, falling, fmiles in exile, or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, cr 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 235 Like Socrates ; that man... | |
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