 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 ページ
...But grant, that thofe can conquer, thele can cheat, 'Tis Phrafe abfurd, to call a Villain great. 220 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...Knave. Who noble Ends, by noble Means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in Exile, or in Chains ; Like good Aurelius let him reignjor bleed. 225 Like Socrates,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1742 - 220 ページ
...underftood to confift in Ravage and Deflation ; and the Art of Politics, in Circumvention. Now — Grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat, 'Tis...madly brave, Is but the more a Fool, the more a Knave. It is not Sucafs therefore that conftitutes true Greatnefs; but the End aimed at ; and the Meanc which... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 ページ
...underftood to confift in Ravage and Defolation i and the Art of Politicks, in Circumvention. Now — Grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat, 'Tis...madly brave, Is but the more a Fool, the more a Knave. It is not the Succefs therefore that conftitutes true Greatnefss but the End aimed at; and the Means... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 ページ
...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 more...a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 ページ
...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 more...a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 ページ
...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 more...a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 234 ページ
...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 more...a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 23 £ Like Socrates,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 ページ
...: Men in their loofe unguarded, hours they take, Not that themfelves are wife> but others weak. 230 But grant that thofe can conquer , thefe can cheat...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 ページ
...But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat* "fis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great. 220 Who wickedly is wife , or madly brave , Is but the...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 ページ
...But grant that thofe can 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 knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates,... | |
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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... 
