 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1858 - 264 pages
...versus fecit . Satirically made a synonyme for insanit. Cp. Ars Poet. 296. Dryden's lines are famous : Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. Absalom and Ahithopbel. (operis dandis, Cic. Farad, vi.; U understood by many in this sense ; though... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...up the rear. He sought the storms ; hat, 'or a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the saz*ds to hoast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hleat, Refuse his age the needful hours... | |
 | 1859 - 682 pages
...extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru. (5.) None but the brave deserves the fair. (6.) Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide, (7.) For why ? the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show hi* wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ,•* Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ; Punish a body which he could not pi ease, Bankrupt... | |
 | Arthur Lloyd Windsor - 1860 - 428 pages
...his best friends." Achitophel is — "In friendship false, implacable in hate." Achitophel does — " Refuse his age the needful hours of rest, Punish a body which he could not please." In Shaftesbury — " 'Twere crime in any man but him alone, To use a body so, though 'tis one's own."... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 302 pages
...altogether incompatible with intermissions of extraordinary brightness. Dryden has sung with nervous truth : Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. And, in the masterly satire whence these lines are quoted, how truly are insane workings portrayed... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, f Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied,...Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Befuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punioh a body which he could not please. Bankrupt of life,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit. Great wits are, sure, to madness near allied,...bounds divide: Else, why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And tliin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease 1 And all to leave... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 pages
...went high, lie sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, t Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied,...partitions do their bounds divide, Else why should be, with wwnlth and ho»a«r Most, Ki fuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Puuisb a body which... | |
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He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide... 
