Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. ✨ Alexander Pope (1824). The W…

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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. ✨ Alexander Pope (1824). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations, p.35
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On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore. ✨ Alexander Pope (2013). The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated), p.41, BookCaps Study … ▶
An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action. ✨ Alexander Pope, … ▶
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.
Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. ✨ Letter to Jonathan Swift, 5 December 1732, in George Sherburn (e … ▶
Men would be angels, angels would be gods. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 125

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. ✨ Alexander Pope (1824). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations, p.35

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