Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.


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Alexander Pope: For observations which...

Alexander Pope: For observations which...

For observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for th'observer's sake.


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Alexander Pope: Nature, and Nature's...

Alexander Pope: Nature, and Nature's...

Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was...

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Alexander Pope: There is a...

Alexander Pope: There is a...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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Alexander Pope: It is with...

Alexander Pope: It is with...

It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his...

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Alexander Pope: A little learning...

Alexander Pope: A little learning...

A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts...

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Alexander Pope: All are but...

Alexander Pope: All are but...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

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Alexander Pope: Fools rush in...

Alexander Pope: Fools rush in...

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

Source: An Essay on Criticism ...

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Alexander Pope: An honest man's...

Alexander Pope: An honest man's...

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Source: An Essay on Man, 1734
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Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.


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Alexander Pope: A person who...

Alexander Pope: A person who...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor...

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Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

All seems infected that th'infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundic'd eye.


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Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

One simile, that solitary shines
In a dry desert of a thousand lines.


Source:...

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Alexander Pope: To err is...

Alexander Pope: To err is...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Source: An Essay on Criticism.
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Alexander Pope: Trust not yourself,...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every foe.

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Alexander Pope: The learn'd is...

Alexander Pope: The learn'd is...

The learn'd is happy nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more.


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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Alexander Pope: Hope springs eternal...

Alexander Pope: Hope springs eternal...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed.


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Alexander Pope: Order is heav'ns...

Alexander Pope: Order is heav'ns...

Order is heav'ns first law.

Source: An Essay on Man
-- Alexander Pope, (May 21...

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Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

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