| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| 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. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| | 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] |
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