Self-Question, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book VIII, p. 286
“If neither love nor pain
Will ever touch thy heart,
Then only God's in thee,
And then in God thou art”
The Cherubinic Wanderer
Book II, Ch. 12 (Uncle Toby to the fly).
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
Variant: Thou art coming to a King,
large petitions with thee bring,
for His grace and pow'r are such
none can ever ask too much.
Shir Hakovod, trans. from the Hebrew by Israel Zangwill
Du sollst dir kein Ideal machen, weder eines Engels im Himmel, noch eines Helden aus einem Gedicht oder Roman, noch eines selbstgeträumten oder fantasirten; sondern du sollst einen Mann lieben, wie er ist.
Philosophical Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991), “Athenaeum Fragments,” § 364
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), The Lady of the Land
Context: What man art thou that thus hast wandered here,
And found this lonely chamber where I dwell?
Beware, beware! for I have many a spell;
If greed of power and gold have led thee on,
Not lightly shall this untold wealth be won.
But if thou com'st here knowing of my tale,
In hope to bear away my body fair,
Stout must thine heart be, nor shall that avail
If thou a wicked soul in thee dost bear;
So once again I bid thee to beware,
Because no base man things like this may see,
And live thereafter long and happily.
“Give what Thou canst, without Thee we are poor;
And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 905.
