"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."
-Alexander Pope
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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.“
-Alexander Pope
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"An honest man's the noblest work of God."
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"Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can."
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"Tis but a part we see, and not a whole."
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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."
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"And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."
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