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

Quote by Alexander Pope

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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as...

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...

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...

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

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...

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...

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

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...

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

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.

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...

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!