Quote by Alexander Pope
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of man

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man. – Alexander Pope

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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. – Alexander Pope

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Order is Heavens first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king. – Alexander Pope

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Woman was Gods second mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community. – Henri Nouwen

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If you talk to God, you are praying If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. – Thomas Szasz

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The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. – Henry Ward Beecher

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