The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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...

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.

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

My garden, like my life, seems to me every year to want correction and require...

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...

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

True, conscious honour is to feel no sin; he's armed without that's innocent within.

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.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

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

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

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

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

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

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

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no...

'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...

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...