Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of Sense,
Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence.
But Health consists with Temperance alone,
And Peace, oh Virtue! Peace is all thy own.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
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On life's vast ocean diversely we sail,
Reason the card, but passion is the gale.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesKnow then this truth (enough for man to know), — Virtue alone is happiness below.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesExtremes in nature equal ends produce;
In man they join to some mysterious use.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesWhat can ennoble sots or slaves or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
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