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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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...

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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.

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...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women...

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

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...

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

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

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

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

'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...

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.