Know then thyself, presume not God to scan <br />The proper study of Mankind is Man. <br />Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, <br />A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: <br />With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, <br />With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, <br />He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; <br />In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; <br />In doubt his mind and body to prefer; <br />Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; <br />Whether he thinks to little, or too much; <br />Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd; <br />Still by himself, abus'd or disabus'd; <br />Created half to rise and half to fall; <br />Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all, <br />Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; <br />The glory, jest and riddle of the world.<br /><br />Alexander Pope<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-riddle-of-the-world/
