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

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Chance Quotes

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in...

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

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...

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they...

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they...

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in...

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in...