Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

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...

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.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

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...

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

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.

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

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...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

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 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.

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.