. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . ands, and giveOur Souls no Reft ? Ah ! who is he,That flying from his Home, can beFrom Cares, and from himfelf fet free. Tu, quamcumque Deus tibi fortunaverit horant,Grata fume manu, nee dulcia differ in annum :Ut, quocunque loco fueris, vixiffe libenterTe dicas. Nam ft ratio, & prudentia curas,Non locus effuft latè maris arbi
. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . ands, and giveOur Souls no Reft ? Ah ! who is he,That flying from his Home, can beFrom Cares, and from himfelf fet free. Tu, quamcumque Deus tibi fortunaverit horant,Grata fume manu, nee dulcia differ in annum :Ut, quocunque loco fueris, vixiffe libenterTe dicas. Nam ft ratio, & prudentia curas,Non locus effuft latè maris arbiter, aufert :Caelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt. Blefs then the Goddefs for the Moments fhe Does offer you, and tafte Felicity ; Defer not to enjoy the prefent Day, That you in Death may fmiling fay, In every Place and State Ive livd content, And chearfully the fhort-livd Hours fpent : For if tis true (as doubtlefs tis) that we By prudent reafoning with ourfelves, can free Ourfelves from Troubles of the Mind, and thofe Who fail the fickle Seas, and feek Repofe, By changing Climates, not the Mind, Sadly deceivd themfelves fhall find ; So we fhall but encreafe our Pain, And all our Labour be in vain. A View of Human Life. ï33. Nos inconfiances continues, Nous font errer par lUnivers j Et fous mille climats divers. Voir mille terres inconnues. Mais nous voyageons vainement, Nôtre efprit inquiet mus fait toujours la guêtre. AuQt pour vivre heureufement,. Il ne faut point changer de lerré, U faut changer de fentiment. M m The inconfiant Humour ftill remains ;We range the World, and, vcntrous, tryNew Climes, and Lands unknown defcry,Yet find we cannot eafe our Pains :In vain we travel, tis within our BreaftThe Tyrant Paflions live, that break our ReftWe need not from our Native Country fly,Reform the Mind, tis there the Fault does lie;Suit that but to your State, and you are bleft. 134 The Dvttrine of M OR A LIT Y ; or, The Explanation of the Fifth Plate. LEftude
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