 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...DXCI. What'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbour with himself. The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is...knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of heaven. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing; The sot... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...fame, or pelf, The learn'd is happy nature to explore, Not one will change his neighbour with himself. The fool is happy that he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of heaven. The sot a hero, lunatic a king; See the blind beggar... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...260 Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbour with himself. kspe 4 / ; The poor contents him with the care of Heaven. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing, The... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...away. 27 Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself. The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is...he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n. , 28 See the blind beggar dance, the cripple... | |
 | English poetry - 1924 - 296 pages
...nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing, The sot a hero, lunatic a king ; pard] leopard. his sound] *. The starving chemist in his golden... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 pages
...Whate'er the Passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, _L Not one will change his neighbour with himself. The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is...he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...260 Whate'er the Passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself. The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is...he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing.... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...Whate'er the Passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf 261 Not one will change his neighbour with himself, The learn'd is happy nature to explore. The fool is...he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n. See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing.... | |
 | Benjamin Rush - Psychology - 1981 - 770 pages
...is not the necessary consequence of ignorance and of the inactivity of the understanding. The "Wise is happy, nature to explore; , "The fool is happy that he knows no more." In this respect, you see the understanding differs from the senses and the passions; all the pleasures... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 90 pages
...desired, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbour with himself ; The learn'd are happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more. The rich are happy in the plenty given ; The poor contents him with the care of heaven. Thus does some comfort... | |
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The learn'd is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven. 
