Matthew Arnold Quote

The Sophist Sneers: Fool, take
Thy pleasure, right or wrong!
The Pious Wail: Forsake
A world these sophists throng!
Be neither saint nor sophist-led, but be a man.


Act I, sc. ii - Empedocles on Etna (1852)


The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, ...

The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, ...

The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, ...

The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, ...