Say first, of God above or man below,
What can we reason but from what we know?Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
Read the saying and check its sourcesSay first, of God above or man below, What can we reason but from what we know?
Alexander Pope · An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
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- Wikiquote (en) · An Essay on Man · Epistle I · estratto «Say first, of God above or man below,What can we reason but from what we know?» · 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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