So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Art Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Wit Quotes

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

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

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...

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore, full well they merit all they feel, and more

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a...

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a...

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

At every word a reputation dies.

At every word a reputation dies.

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an...

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an...