 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...the day; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale, that blends their glory with their shame! 41 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... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - Acting - 1824 - 430 pages
...virtues, (formidable name !) What but the fountain or defence of joy ? The following is from Pope. 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. The broadest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...happiness consists in virtue, by shewing, that it did not consist in any thing else NOTES. Ver. 309. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below."~\ M. Du Resnel translates the lines thus : " Appren done, qu'il n'est point ici bas de bonheur, Si la... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...happiness consists in virtue, by shewing, that it did not consist in any thing else NOTES. Ver. 309. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below."] M. Du Resnel translates the lines thus : " Appren done, qu'il n'est point ici bas de bonheur, Si la... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...dazzled with their noontide ray, Compute the morn and evening to the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A tale that blends their glory with...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... | |
 | Railroad conductors - 1915 - 1068 pages
...me of that which benefits him nothing, but which makes me poor indeed." Alexander Pope adds another: "Know then this truth, enough for man to know, Virtue alone is happiness below." There Is joy in life. We live, we move, we have our being. We enter life helpless and Innocent, unconscious... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...day; The whole amount of that enormous fame, A Tale, that blends their glory with their shame! vII. Know then this truth (enough for Man to know) 'Virtue...to ill, Where only Merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives ; The joy unequal'd, if its end it gain, 315 And if it lose,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...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 - Law - 2006 - 202 pages
...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... | |
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The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is... 
