Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.Alexander Pope
There St John mingles with my friendly bowl; The feast of reason and the flow of soul.
Alexander Pope
Or her, whose life the Church and Scandal share,
For ever in a Passion, or a Pray'r.
Alexander Pope
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
Alexander Pope
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
Alexander Pope
Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried; The saint sustained it, but the woman died.
Alexander Pope
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