Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reservd to blame, or to commend,
A timrous foe, and a suspicious friend. – Alexander Pope
Behold the child, by Natures kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. – Alexander Pope
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. – Alexander Pope
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. – Alexander Pope
Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans. – William Blake