John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3441 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3441 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | That virtue only makes our bliss below, 1 And all our knowledge is ourselves to know. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 397. |
| Note 1. ’T is virtue makes the bliss where’er we dwell.—William Collins: Oriental Eclogues, i. line 5. [back] |