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Men, in their loose unguarded hours, they take Not that [[underline]] themselves [[/underline]] are wise, but others weak But grant that these can conquer, these can cheat 'Tis phrase absurd to call a Villain great. Who, wickedly is wise, or madly brave So but [[underline]] the [[/underline]] more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains Or failing, smiles in exile, or in chains; Like good Aurelius let him reign; or bleed Like Socrates; that Man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath A thing beyond us e'en before our death. Just what you hear, you have. & what's unknown The same My Lord, [[underline]] if Tully's or your own. [[/underline]] in 1716 Robert Walpole was Minister in England, & his Brother [[underline]] Horace Ambassador [[/underline]] in France
