Sickness is a sort of early old age it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.
Weitere Zitate von Alexander Pope
Zum Autor"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
"Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man."
"Not to go back is somewhat to advance. And men must walk at least before they dance."
"A little learning is a dangerous thing.Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,and drinking largely sobers us again."
"Till tired he sleeps and life's poor play is o'er."
"What so tedious as a twice-told tale?"