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
Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. – Alexander Pope
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. – Alexander Pope
One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit. – Alexander Pope
However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself. – Antonin Artaud