It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize,
And to be swift is less than to be wise.
'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Iliad of Homer, Book xxiii, Line 383
And to be swift is less than to be wise.
'T is more by art than force of num'rous strokes.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Iliad of Homer, Book xxiii, Line 383
Related:
- Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Iliad of Homer, Book xxiii, Line... - Behold on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong!
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer... - Like strength is felt from hope and from despair.
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer,... - A green old age,
That proves the hero born in better days.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer,... - T is true, 't is certain; man though dead retains
Part of himself:
the immortal mind remains. -- Alexander Pope (1688... - Injustice, swift, erect, and unconfin'd,
Sweeps the wide earth,
and tramples o'er mankind. -- Alexander Pope (1688... - Dispel this cloud, the light of Heaven restore;
Give me to see,
and Ajax asks no more. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)... - Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs,
Silence that spoke,
and eloquence of eyes. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)... - Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage,
But wise through time,
and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers...
