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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

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.

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?...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Never find fault with the absent.

Never find fault with the absent.

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.

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...

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...

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:...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

'Tis true, perfection none must hope to find in all the world, much less in...

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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...