The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

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.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one...

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

'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...

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

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...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is...

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...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a...

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

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?

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

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

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience...

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience...