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A Wit 's A Feather, And A Chief A Rod; An Honest Man 's The Noblest Work Of God.
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A wit 's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man 's the noblest work of God.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 247
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The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 168...
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 390...
Slave to no Sect. who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 331...
Know then this truth (enough for man to know),-- "Virtue alone is happiness below.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 309...
Never elated when one man 's oppress'd; Never dejected while another 's bless'd.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 323...
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 203...
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle ii, Line 1...
That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 397...
Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 379...