 Thy prejudices, Syphax, won't discern What virtues grow from ignorance and choice, Nor how the hero differs from the brute. But grant that others could with equal glory Look down on pleasures, and the baits of sense; Where shall we find the man that bears...  Crusoe, written by himself [by D. Defoe - Seite 135von Daniel Defoe - 1815Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...virtues lift up mortal man.* Where, asks the same love-laden, rather lackadaisical Numidian prince — where shall we find the man that bears affliction, great and majestic in his griefs, like Cato ?t In Cato's judgment, a day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage. J... | |
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