Passions are the gales of life.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

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...

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

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

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

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...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

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.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

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

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The quicksilver of creativity will not be solidified by legal pronouncement; it will necessarily flow...

The quicksilver of creativity will not be solidified by legal pronouncement; it will necessarily flow...

To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to...

To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to...