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Quotation from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
“Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
An Essay on Man, Epistle II, lines 1-2 (Gutenberg #2428: An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, ed. Henry Morley (Cassell's National Library, 1891))
The opening of the epistle on man as an individual.
Citation: "Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man." — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle II, lines 1-2 (Gutenberg #2428: An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, ed. Henry Morley (Cassell's National Library, 1891)). (id an-essay-on-man-q5)
Virtues: Humility
