The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

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...

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

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...

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.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Charms strike the sight; but merit wins the soul.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

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...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

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.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.