 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - Education - 1911
...of the Bible old. — Emerson. The childhood shows the man As the morning shows the day. — Milton. Know then this truth (enough for man to know), "Virtue alone is happiness below." — Pope. For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd needs only to... | |
 | Railroad conductors - 1915 - 1070 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 850 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 alone is Happiness below.' 310 The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Reference - 1992 - 1132 pages
...in others' breath, (Fr. Epistle IV) 85 An honest man's the noblest work of God. (Fr. Epistle IV) 86 Know then this truth (enough for man to know) "Virtue alone is happiness below." (Fr. Epistle IV) NU The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace 87 There are (I... | |
 | M. Ali Lakhani, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Leonard Lewisohn - Religion - 2006 - 176 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... | |
 | Susan Neiman - Philosophy - 2008 - 467 pages
...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... | |
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