<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341112" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Riddle of the World</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Know then thyself, presume not God to scan<br>The proper study of Mankind is Man.<br>Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,<br>A Being darkly wise, and rudely great:<br>With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,<br>With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,<br>He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;<br>In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;<br>In doubt his mind and body to prefer;<br>Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;<br>Whether he thinks to little, or too much;<br>Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd;<br>Still by himself, abus'd or disabus'd;<br>Created half to rise and half to fall;<br>Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all,<br>Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd;<br>The glory, jest and riddle of the world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alexander+Pope">Alexander Pope</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341112" data-title="The Riddle of the World de Alexander Pope" data-description="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: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pr..."></div> </div> </div>

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