That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
Alexander Pope
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- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 397.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Alexander Pope entry; Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 397.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary excerpts, not claims of per
- Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 397.
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