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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3423 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3423
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:For forms of government let fools contest;
Whate’er is best administer’d is best.
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight;
His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right. 1
In faith and hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind’s concern is charity.
ATTRIBUTION:Essay on Man. Epistle iii. Line 303.
 
Note 1.
See Cowley, Quotation 4. [back]
 


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