Alexander Pope Quotes

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  • "the bliss of man [...] is not to act or think beyond mankind."
  • "why has Man not a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a fly."
  • "to smart and agonize at ev'ry pore"
  • "quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, die of a rose in aromantic pain." --> behave like Robert Boyle's "effluviums" (17c atomic science) - all things emit a continuous stream of thin particles that strike the body and nerves, causing sensation.