Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales,
And the good suffers while the bad prevails.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Odyssey of Homer, Book vi, Line 229
And the good suffers while the bad prevails.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Odyssey of Homer, Book vi, Line 229
Related:
- By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give,
to Jove is lent. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -... - Mirror of constant faith, rever'd and mourn'd!
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Odyssey of Homer, Book iv, Line... - A heaven of charms divine Nausicaa lay.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Odyssey of Homer, Book vi, Line... - And would'st thou evil for his good repay?
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Odyssey of Homer, Book xvi, Line... - Earth sounds my wisdom and high heaven my fame.
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer... - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood,--
The source of evil one,
and one of good. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -... - Jove lifts the golden balances that show
The fates of mortal men,
and things below. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) ... - T is fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer,... - And not a man appears to tell their fate.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Odyssey of Homer, Book x, Line...
