Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. Alexander Pope on wisdom
Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can. Alexander Pope on women
An honest man's the noblest work of God. Alexander Pope on work
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. Alexander Pope on work
A bee is not a busier animal than a blockhe Alexander Pope on age
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve Alexander Pope on beauty
A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Alexander Pope on boldness
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. Alexander Pope on character
But blind to former as to future fate, What mortal knows his pre-existent state? Alexander Pope on destiny
But blind to former as to future fate, What mortal knows his pre-existent state? Alexander Pope on fate
Health consists with temperance alone. Alexander Pope on health
'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. Alexander Pope on honesty
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. Alexander Pope on instinct
Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Alexander Pope on love
Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. Alexander Pope on nature
To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake. Alexander Pope on opinion
You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope on pain
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring it out. Alexander Pope on tolerance
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope on words