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• That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 397...
• Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know?
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle i, Line 17...
• Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle ii, Line 1...
• The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 168...
• Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 390...
• A wit 's a feather, and a chief a rod; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 247...
• Never elated when one man 's oppress'd; Never dejected while another 's bless'd.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 323...
• Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 203...
• Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle iv, Line 379...