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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... "
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry - Page 242
by Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1016 pages
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Essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 pages
...conquer, thefe can cheat* "fis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great. 220 Who wickedly is wife , or madly brave , Is but the more a fool , the more a knave....Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, f miles in exile or in chains, Like good A u R EL ius let him reigti , or bleed Like SOCRATES, that...
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Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ...

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...conquer , thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool ; the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains , 2JS Or foiling, fmiles in exile or in chains , Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates...
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An Essay on Man

Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pages
...conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: 230 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who...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 other's breath, A thing...
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An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author ...

Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pages
...conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: 236 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who...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 other's breath, A thing...
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An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author ...

Alexander Pope - 1763 - 154 pages
...conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: 230 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, . i Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates,...
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Saggio sopra l'uomo poema filosofico di Alessandro Pope in tre lingue ...

Alexander Pope - 1768 - 726 pages
...can cleat • ěTis phrafe abfitrd to call a •villain Great; 3>1O IV bo -wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool , the more a knave ....failing , fmiles. in exile or in chains , Like good vtfURELIUS let him reign, or bleed 235 Like SQCR*4TES , that man is great indeed . Tame? a fancy^d...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 pages
...thefe can " cheat ; ** 'Tis phrafe abfurd, to call a Villain Great : " Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, " Is but the more a fool, the more a knave....bleed '• Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." It is obfervable, that the writer on no occafion (hews a more indignant fpirit, than where he points...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...thefe can " cheat ; *' 'Tis phrafe abfurd, to call a Villain Great : " Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, " Is but the more a fool, the more a knave....bleed " Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." It is obfervable, that the writer on no occafion fhews a more indignant fpirit, than where he points...
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Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ...

Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pages
...conquer , thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfiird to call a Villain Great : Who wickedly is wife , or madly brave , Is but the more a fool ; the more a knave»-....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. 240 Juft what...
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Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht

Alexander Pope - 1772 - 374 pages
...conquer , thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to cali a Villain Great : Who wickeděy is wife , or madly brave , Is but the more a fool ; the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, z$$ Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurdius let him reign , or bleed Like Socrates...
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