 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 sider
...Dans 1'adversite de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous deplait pas." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends We first consult our... | |
 | 1882 - 404 sider
...\ To which are added \ Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus \ King of Poland. "As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ;...corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind." — DR. SWIFT. " A mong the books in ancient and modern times which record the conclusions of observing... | |
 | 1882 - 884 sider
...avant celle-ci. Nous nous bornerons à reproduire et à traduire la première : « As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; thé fault is in mankind. » — DR. SWIFT. — « Comme la Rochefoucauld écrivit ses maximes d'après... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 518 sider
...undergone, perhaps, a stranger revolution than any other part of the Dean's writings. A manifestly spurious They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : '" In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 430 sider
...adversity of our best friends we always find something that doth not die please us. As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...fault is in mankind, This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : — " In all distresses of our friends We first consult... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 sider
...Rochefoucauld's cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift : "As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind." The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He was a man quite... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 534 sider
...opinions ; for in the lines on his own death, written six years later, he says, v Rochefoucauld his maxima drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. The misanthropy of Swift was a consequence of his dark estimate of human nature. Mankind were hateful,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 sider
...cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift: As Rochefoucauld liis maxims drew From nature, I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is iu mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve •was taken up by Alexander Pope. He... | |
 | William James Linton - 1892 - 196 sider
...by, and Traits of Moral Courage in every-day life. i2mo, 186 pages, Cloth 75 cts . u As Rochefoucald his maxims drew From Nature,— I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him— the fault is in mankind !"— Swift. ROUSSeaU (Jean JaCQUes.) The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Law. Also, A... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 sider
...Rochefoucauld's cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift: As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He was a man quite... | |
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As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult... 
