A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. – Alexander Pope
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? – Alexander Pope

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. – Alexander Pope
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? – Alexander Pope
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg