What did Alexander Pope mean by: Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel? - Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ Behold the child, by Nature’s kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Children, Law, Nature, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed. Feraz Zeid, July 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Pope, Vices, Virtue, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas’d at first, the towring Alps we try. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Science, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise. Feraz Zeid, August 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Pope, Cheat, Frailty, Wise, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Skills, Virtue, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Authors are partial to their wit, ’tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too? Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Critics, Judgment, Wit, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 11, 2024, Alexander Pope, Dance, Time, Wisdom, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Heaven breathes thro’ ev’ry member of the whole One common blessing, as one common soul. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Blessing, Heaven, Soul, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Explain - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. - William Gurnall Clergyman · England
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence… True Christians are made to be slaves. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
