 tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Page 37by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1898 - 122 pages
...Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? 2 " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." 145 What then? is the reward of virtue bread? That vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
 | George Gore - Ethics - 1899 - 594 pages
...world, 'tis true, Was made for Caesar — but for Titus too." — Ibid. " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed. What then ? Is the reward of virtue...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, When folly fights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 93 pages
...who chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day? 'But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.' ( What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? 150 That vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1901 - 654 pages
...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed,' What then? Is the reward of virtue...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? VI. ' But sometimes Virtue starves while Vice is fed.' i49 What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? That vice may merit; 't is the price of toil; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he... | |
 | Michael O'Riordan - Church and state - 1906 - 510 pages
...for a people, but it is not their highest law, nor their first duty. But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed, What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? * I HAVE now pointed out the wide difference there is between human progress and mere material progress.... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - English language - 1908 - 275 pages
...lies, Because he felt so fixed in truth. —TENNYSON, In Memoriam. 4. But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed. What then ? Is the reward of Virtue...Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where Folly fights... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1911 - 761 pages
...— which is, to pass for good. 5510 Pope: Essay on Man. Epis. iv. Line 8S Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then? Is the reward of virtue bread? 5511 Pope: Essay on Man. Epis. iv. Line 148 What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy — The soul's... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1913 - 264 pages
...painful an endeavor, Content to dwell in decencies for ever. Pope: Moral Essays. Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then? Is the reward of virtue bread? Pope: Essay on Man. Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, "Tis but what Virtue flies from... | |
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