On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

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

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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...

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I...

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...

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...

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...

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

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.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.

He who lives on hope will die fasting.