Why has not man a microscopic eye?
For this plain reason,—man is not a fly.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesWhy has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason,—man is not a fly.
Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
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- Wikiquote (en) · An Essay on Man · Epistle I · estratto «Why has not man a microscopic eye?For this plain reason,—man is not a fly.» · Opera identificata: An Essay on Man
- Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 2428
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