Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

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...

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

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...

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er...

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er...

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...

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:...

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price...

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

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...