Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; Essay on Man. Epistle ii. Line 1. Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Line 13. Line 63. Line 101. Line 107. And hence one master-passion in the breast, Line 131. Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. Line 135. Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. Line 205. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; 8 Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, Line 217. 1 La vray science et le vray étude de l'homme c'est l'homme (The true science and the true study of man is man). CHARRON: De la Sagesse, lib. i. chap. 1. Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers. Phædrus. 2 What a chimera, then, is man! what a novelty, what a monster, what a chaos, what a subject of contradiction, what a prodigy! A judge of all things, feeble worm of the earth, depositary of the truth, cloaca of uncer tainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe. PASCAL: Thoughts, chap. x. 8 See Dryden, page 269. Ask where's the North? At York 't is on the Tweed; In Scotland at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. Line 231. Virtuous and vicious every man must be, The enormous faith of many made for one. For forms of government let fools contest; Line 274. Epistle iii. Line 45. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; O happiness! our being's end and aim! Line 242, Line 303. Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: 1 Why may not a goose say thus? . . . there is nothing that yon heavenly roof looks upon so favourably as me; I am the darling of Nature. Is it not man that keeps and serves me? - MONTAIGNE: Apology for Raimond Lebond. 2 See Cowley, page 260. Order is Heaven's first law. Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 49. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence. Line 79. The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy. Line 168. Honour and shame from no condition rise; Line 193. Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; Line 203. What can ennoble sots or slaves or cowards? Line 215. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod; Line 247. Line 254. An honest man 's the noblest work of God.1 Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels 1 See Fletcher, page 183. See Cowley, page 262. 8 May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name, And glorify what else is damn'd to fame. Line 261. Line 281. Line 309. SAVAGE: Character of Foster Never elated when one man's oppress'd; Line 331 Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 323 Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend. Line 379. Line 385. Line 390. Line 397. Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 11. Like following life through creatures you dissect, Line 20. In vain sedate reflections we would make Line 39. Not always actions show the man; we find Line 109. Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, Line 115. "T is from high life high characters are drawn ; Line 135. Line 149. 1 See Bolingbroke, page 304. 2 See Dryden, page 273. 8 'Tis virtue makes the bliss where'er we dwell. Eclogues, i. line 5. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Moral Essays. Epistle i Line 172. "Odious! in woollen! 't would a saint provoke," Fine by defect, and delicately weak.2 Line 246. Line 262. Epistle ii. Line 15. Line 19. Line 43. With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought. Line 97. Atossa, cursed with every granted prayer, To heirs unknown descends the unguarded store, Line 147. Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, Content to dwell in decencies forever. Line 163. Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; Line 215. Line 243. Oh, blest with temper whose unclouded ray Line 257. Most women have no characters at all. Line 2. She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Line 261. 1 Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis (All things change, and we change with them). - MATTHIAS BORBONIUS: Delicia Poetarum Germanorum, i. 685. 2 See Prior, page 287. |