What did Alexander Pope mean by: Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four? Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ Still follow sense, of ev’ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Art, Sense, Unity, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ But see how oft ambition’s aims are cross’d, and chiefs contend ’til all the prize is lost! Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Ambition, Conflict, Loss, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ And make each day a critic on the last. Read explanation Author, July 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Improvement, Progress, Reflection, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Curse on all laws but those which love has made. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Curse, Law, Love, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ The grave unites; where e’en the great find rest, And blended lie th’ oppressor and th’ oppressed! Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Death, Equality, Unity, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Ennoblement, Inequality, Power, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Balance, Mystery, Unity, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days! Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Farewell, Luxury, Study, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. Georg Cantor Mathematician · Germany
Art is really people asking the eternal question, “What is it all about?” Gene Roddenberry Screenwriter and producer · USA
I am worn out by the insults and vexations that this work brings down on us. Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
If God is incomprehensible to man, it would seem rational never to think of Him at all. Jean Meslier Priest · France
