Alexander Pope Quotes About Doubt

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  • Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great... He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born to die, and reasoning but to err.

    Alexander Pope (1867). “An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke”, p.18
  • Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

    Alexander Pope (1835). “The Works of Alexander Pope”, p.81
  • We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

    Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.203
  • The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.

    Alexander Pope (1849). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the use of young people, by W.C. Macready”, p.77
  • Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

    'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Lord Bathurst' (1733) l. 1
  • To teach vain Wits that Science little known, T' admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!

    Alexander Pope, “An Essay On Criticism”
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