 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...with their shame 1 Know then this truth (enough for man to know' ' Virtue alone is happiness belovr;' The only point where human bliss stands still, And...to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is tless'd in what it takes and what it gives; The joy unequall'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...that enormous fame, A tale that blends their glory with their shame ! Know then this truth (enough for man to know), ' Virtue alone is happiness below;'...bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the full to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes and what it gives;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 178 pages
...blest And iieav n beholds its image in his breast Happiness. • Know then this truth enough for roan to know Virtue alone is happiness below The only point where human bliss stands stiH And tastes the good without the fall to ill Where only merit constant pay receives Is blest in... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...Health, Peace, and Competence. \ CHAP. XVI. ON VIRTUE. KNOW thott this truth (enough for man to know) ft Virtue alone is happiness below." The only point where human bliss stands stil!. And tastes the good without he fall to ill ; Where only Merit constant pay receives, Is blest... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
..." Virtue alone is Happiness below." [know) The only point where human bliss stands still, And takes the loss : the man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor suppli blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequal'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose, attended... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame ! Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below."...bless'd in what it takes and what it gives; The joy unequall'd, if its end is gain, And if it lose, attended with no pain : Without satiety, though e'er... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...(enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below.'* 310 The only point where human bli*s stands still, And tastes the good without the fall...to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequaf'd, if its end it gain, And if it lose, attended... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...Virtue alone is happiness below." 310 The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the-good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy uneqnal'd, if its end it gain, And if it lose, attended... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 pages
...happiness: as its constancy, capacity, vigour, efficacy, activity, moderation, and self-sufficiency : The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good, without the fall to ill ; Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd, as the more distress'd : Good, from... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...happiness : as its constancy, capacity, vigour, efficacy, activity, moderation, and self-sufficiency: The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good, without the fall to ill ; Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd, as the more distress'd : Good, from... | |
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