“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.”
Art“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Fear“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.”
Art“The most positive men are the most credulous.”
Men“A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
Learning“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
God“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.”
God“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
Alone“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.”
Best“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
Best“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”
Wisdom“Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.”
Men“For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.”
Faith“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.”
Hope“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
Art“No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.”
Love“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.”
Intelligence“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”
Hope“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
God“The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
Nature“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
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