Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Genius Quotes

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

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...

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

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...

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.