Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Quote by Alexander Pope

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And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

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...

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.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; all chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; all chance, direction, which thou canst not...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

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...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet...

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

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...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.