"Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.










Know then thyself presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.
More Alexander Pope quotes
"Then say not man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault;. Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
"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.
"Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: ...
"Know then thyself; presume not God to scan,The proper study of mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely ...



