It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. [La., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit] -
Alexander Pope
Haste is slow. [La., Festinatio tarda est] -
Alexander Pope
Say first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know? -
Alexander Pope
Honour and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. (Essay on Man) -
Alexander Pope
Our rural ancestors with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulg'd the day that hous'd their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain. -
Alexander Pope
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. -
Alexander Pope
Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. -
Alexander Pope
Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. -
Alexander Pope
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. -
Alexander Pope
