English - Poet | May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope
MenWiseDoingMoreCapableCunning
Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
HopeDieThroughUsNorTravels
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
BusinessCuriousCuriosityLabor
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
WorldForgettingForgot
Order is heaven's first law.
LawHeavenFirstOrderFirst Law
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
WiseDoubtCautiousHowProne
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
GoodIntelligenceGeniusTasteSense
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
WorkArtPriceLeftBeenObject
The most positive men are the most credulous.
PositiveMenMostCredulous
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.
IntelligenceHeadReadHisLearned
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.
SeePieceThinksShallNorWhoever
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
NatureGodSoulBodyWholeWhose
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