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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not

Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly. – Alexander Pope

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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope

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Men
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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

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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The eye is easily frightened. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two. – Charles Dickens

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