All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Chance Quotes

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a...

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a...

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost...

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...