Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly. – Alexander Pope
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. – Alexander Pope
Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly. – Alexander Pope
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. – Alexander Pope
For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best. – Alexander Pope
I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and — if he is lucky enough — know the love of an honest woman. – Robert Graves (1895–1985), lecture at Oxford, quoted in Time, 1961 Decembe