 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sider
...in others' breath, (Fr. Epistle IV) 85 An honest man's the noblest work of God. (Fr. Epistle IV) 86 . (Fr. Epistle IV) NU The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace 87 There are (I scarce can think... | |
 | M. Ali Lakhani, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Leonard Lewisohn - 2006 - 202 sider
...in Christianity. Pope's verses on the metaphysical source of 'virtue' in this regard merit citation: Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below'. The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill, Where only... | |
 | 2007 - 254 sider
...after having been sleeping in thè lap of horror, can endorse Alexander Pope's words: «Know thèn this truth (enough for man to know), / 'Virtue alone is happiness below'» [POPE 1995, IV, p. vii]. So far I have referred to Italy as thè suitably Gothic setting with sublime... | |
 | Susan Neiman - 2008 - 490 sider
...crown Weak, foolish man! Will Heaven reward us there With the same trash mad mortals wish for here? Know then this truth (enough for man to know) "Virtue alone is happiness below." Kant loved to quote Pope in his lectures, and we know his life was austere — two reasons why his... | |
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The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit... 
