An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action.
Alexander PopeNew, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try.
Alexander PopeFor thee I dim these eye and stuff this head With all such reading as was never read.
Alexander PopeThat, chang'd thro' all and yet in all the same, Great in the Earth as in th' รtherial frame, Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze, Glows in the Stars, and blossoms in the Trees... Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part... Submit - in this, or any other Sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear. 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.
Alexander Pope