John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3424 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3424 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | O happiness! our being’s end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate’er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 1. |