Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely great.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely great.
Alexander Pope

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Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
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An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded.
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely great. Alexander Pope

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely great.
Alexander Pope