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To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 223) [Economy] Ye little stars, hide your diminish'd rays. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 282) [Stars] Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his Name. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 285) [Churches] Trade it may help, society extend, But lures the Pirate, ant corrupts the friend: It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and the land's betray'd. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 29) [Money] Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 330) [Medicine] Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 339) [Monuments] Constant at Church and 'Change; his gains were sure; His givings rare, save farthings to the poor. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 347) [Hypocrisy] But Satan now is wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 351) [Temptation] Some scruple rose, but thus he eas'd his thought, "I'll now give sixpence where I gave a groat; Where once I went to church, I'll now go twice-- And am so clear too of all other vice." - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 365) [Conscience] One solid dish his week-day meal affords, An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 447) [Eating] "Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 461) [Eating] What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire. Is this too little? - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 79) [Wealth] But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college of a cat. - Moral Essays (ep. III, l. 95) [Death] Die and endow a college or a cat. - Moral Essays (ep. III, To Bathurst, l. 96) [Folly] 'Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy; Is it less strange the prodigal should waste His wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste? - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 1) [Misers] Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other. The suff'ring eye inverted nature sees, Trees cut in statues, statues thick as trees; With here a fountain never to be play'd, And there a summer-house that knows no shade. - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 117) [Gardens : Trees] Light quirks of music, broken and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n. - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 143) [Music] To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite. - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 149) [Hell] 'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense And splendor borrow all her rays from sense. - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 179) [Sense] Good sense which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. - Moral Essays (ep. IV, l. 43) [Sense] Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise. - Moral Essays (ep. To Temple, l. 69) [Frailty] Like doctors thus, when much dispute has past, We find our tenets just the same at last. - Moral Essays (epis. III, l. 15) [Argument] Not always actions show the man; we find Who does a kindness is not therefore kind. - Moral Essays (epistle I, l. 109) [Action] Who combats bravely is not therefore brave: He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave. - Moral Essays (epistle I, l. 115) [Bravery] Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible to shun contempt. - Moral Essays (pt. III, l. 21) [Contempt] Displaying page 26 of 34 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 [26] 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
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