Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's... Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ... - Page 42 de Alexander Pope - 1762 - 347 pages Affichage du livre entier -
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