John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3407 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3407 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Man. Epistle ii. Line 1. |
| Note 1. La vray science et le vray étude de l’homme c’est l’homme (The true science and the true study of man is man).—Charron: De la Sagesse, lib. i. chap. 1. Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers.—Plato: Phædrus. [back] |