 | Alan Ertl - 2007 - 467 páginas
...Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer, Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much:... | |
 | M. V. Kamath - 2007 - 213 páginas
...stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god or beast; To doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest and riddle of the... | |
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The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest;... 
