Alexander Pope

Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel?
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel?
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Accept a miracle; instead of wit,--
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.

Accept a miracle; instead of wit,--
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.

All seems infected that the infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

All seems infected that the infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.