Alexander Pope Quote

We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help; were this thoroughly considered we should no more laugh at a man for having his brains cracked than for having his head broke.


The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Imitations of Horace (ed. 1797)


We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help;...

We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help;...

We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help;...

We ought, in humanity, no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help;...