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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#below #enough #happiness #know #man

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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He who has seen everything empty itself is close to knowing what everything is filled with. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. ↗

— Karl Popper

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You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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