"If, presume not to God to scan; The……" — Alexander Pope
"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."
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532 Quotes by Alexander Pope
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they…
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the…
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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once…
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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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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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul…
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So as through a glass, and darkly - The age long strife I see - Where I fought in many…
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It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before…
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Science and religion, religion and science, put it as it may, they are the two sides of the same glass,…
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Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.
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I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness.
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Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The…
— Sri Yukteswar Giri
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Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob's faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment…
— Arthur W. Pink
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When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen,…
— Walter Scott
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Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the…
— Bill Buford
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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.
— Alexander McQueen
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A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the…
— Scott Lynch
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There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't…
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