Alexander Pope
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.
真理
——蒲柏
整个自然都是艺术，只不过你不领悟；
一切偶然都是必然，只是你没有看清楚；
一切不和谐，其实是你不理解的和谐；
一切局部的祸，都是整体的福。
高傲可鄙，只因它不近情理。
凡是存在的都合理，这就是千真万确的道理。
An Essay on Man
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.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A Being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but…
正直的人是神创造的最高尚的作品。
所有的自然之物，是人类未解的艺术
所有的偶然，都有看不见的方向
所有的不和，是和谐未被人领悟
所有的小恶，是大善的另一种模样。
拥有的天性，惟有对艺术不解。
拥有的机会，惟有方向不明。
所有不和谐和混乱，惟有对和谐一致不知。
自傲之气在无理性的恶中彰显。
无论正确的尺度如何，
真理是显而易见。