| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 páginas
...o'er, And sweet the music of the step That meets us at the door. JR Drake. KNAVE. KNIGHT. 389 KNAVE. WHO wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Pope. Those governments which curb no evils, cause; And a rich knave 'sa libel on our laws. Young.... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 páginas
...in chains; Like good AujeliusJ let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates—that man is great indeed. 4. But grant that those can conquer; these can cheat; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. 5. What's fame ? a fanci'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame... | |
| George Crabb - 1854 - 546 páginas
...circumstances would object to do himself ; But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat, 'Tie phrase absurd to call a villain great; Who wickedly is wise or madly brave Is bul the more a fool, the more a knave.— POPS. It Is preposterous for a man to expose himself to the... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 páginas
...circumspective eyes: Men in- their loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, hut others weak. But grant that those can conquer, these...the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by coble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or... | |
| Charles Peter Mason - 1858 - 216 páginas
...fortune, and with learning blind, The bad must miss, the good, untaught, will find. Who wickedly iy wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Eing out ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 páginas
...1 0 All sly slow things with circumspective eyes ;] Men in their loose unguarded hours they take, j Not that themselves are wise, | but others weak.]...cheat, ] 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : | 15 Who wickedly is wise, | or madly brave,] Is but the more a fool, the more a knave ;] Who noble... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 páginas
...; Men in their loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. Bui grant that those can conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: 23( Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave, Who noble ends... | |
| 1861 - 356 páginas
...earth— Great, not by kingly birth, Great in their well-proved worth, Firm hearts and true. PrERPONT. 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly...madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us POPE.... | |
| George Crabb - 1863 - 546 páginas
...absurd for a man lo persuade another to do that which he in like circumstances would object todohimeelf; But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat,...madly brave Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. — Pore. It bj preposterous for a man to expos«' himself to the ridicule of others, and then be angry... | |
| Book - 1864 - 206 páginas
...pursuit of station and power, confederated with the worst feelings, and the most depraved designs. " Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." The only avarice which is justifiable, is that of love ; the only ambition that is commendable, is... | |
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