Alexander Pope ( 10 of 261 )
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."
Alas! the small discredit of a bribe
Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.
Alas! the small discredit of a bribe
Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.
Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.
Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame,
Will never mark the marble with his Name.
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep,
And all the western world believe and sleep.
See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep,
And all the western world believe and sleep.
Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
The blest to-day is as completely so,
As who began a thousand years ago.
The blest to-day is as completely so,
As who began a thousand years ago.
