Alexander Pope Quote

To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!


Miscellaneous poems and translations, by several hands. Particularly The first book of Statius his Thebais [&c.] by mr. Pope (ed. 1714)


To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!

To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!