John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3406 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3406 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And spite of pride, in erring reason’s spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 289. |
| Note 1. See Dryden, Quotation 91. [back] |