If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
ALEXANDER POPEAll are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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