So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

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

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

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...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

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 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

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

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.

Order is heaven's first law.

Order is heaven's first law.

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the...