Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to...

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as...

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.

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

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

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you...

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

Life is a yo-yo, and mankind ties knots in the string

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...

But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I...