“All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath and die) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: Life, Cycle of Life
“All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, 'Whatever is, is right.”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: Nature, Art, discord, harmony
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: charity, Humility
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: Hope, eternal, Hope Springs Eternal, Soul
“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In do…”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: Wisdom, Self-knowledge
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”— Alexander Pope, gutenberg.orgTagged: Behavior, Acting Well, Honor