...sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed,' What then ? Is the rewasd of virtue bread ? That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...would, One they must want — which is, to pass for good. Pope, EM iv. 89. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then is the reward of virtue — bread ? Pupe^.M.lv.\SO. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, — The soul's calm sunshine, and the...

...hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon. (2) But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed : What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? (3) If this measure be right, would it have escaped the wisdom of those Saxon progenitors to whom...

...temperance alone, And peace ; O Virtue, peace is all thy own. IV. 149—175But sometimes Virtue starves while Vice is fed ; What then, is the reward of Virtue bread ? . . . What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy,...

...who chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day? 'But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.' What then? is the reward of virtue bread? 150 That vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The...

...giving or withdrawal of them that God rewards and punishes man — " But sometimes virtue starves whilst vice is fed. What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil ; The good man may be weak, be indolent, His claim is not to plenty,...

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...answer ; this is not evaded by such a repartee as is given by POPE : " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed — What then ! — is the reward of virtue bread ?" " Yes," would be the answer of common sense, says M. Simon, in effect, when he proceeds to show...

...conviction that virtue is the gainer and vice the loser here and now. " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed ! What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ?" The reader will find in him none of the moroseness and misanthropy of Schopenhauer ; indeed, a serene...

...contents himself with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. j. PLATO. But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed. What then? Is the reward of Virtue bread? fc. POPE— Essay on Man Ep. IV. Line 149. Court-virtues bi'ar, like Gems, the highest rate, Born where...