Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Sir Plume, of...

Alexander Pope: Sir Plume, of...

Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain,
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.


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Alexander Pope: That true self-love...

Alexander Pope: That true self-love...

That true self-love and social are the same;
That virtue only makes our bliss below;
And all our knowledge is,...

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Alexander Pope: She moves a...

Alexander Pope: She moves a...

She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.

Source: Homer's Iliad, III. 1
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Alexander Pope: Sure of their...

Alexander Pope: Sure of their...

Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

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Alexander Pope: Nor in the...

Alexander Pope: Nor in the...

Nor in the critic let the man be lost.

Source: An Essay on Criticism.
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Alexander Pope: Slave to no...

Alexander Pope: Slave to no...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road,
But looks through nature up to nature's...

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Alexander Pope: The mob of...

Alexander Pope: The mob of...

The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease.

Source: Satires and Epistles of Horace...

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Alexander Pope: Some praise at...

Alexander Pope: Some praise at...

Some praise at morning what they blame at night;
But always think the last opinion...

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Alexander Pope: The hidden harmony...

Alexander Pope: The hidden harmony...

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

Source:
-- Alexander Pope, (May...

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Alexander Pope: Not to admire,...

Alexander Pope: Not to admire,...

Not to admire, is all the art I know
To make men happy, and to keep them so.


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Alexander Pope: Some old men,...

Alexander Pope: Some old men,...

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in...

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Alexander Pope: The ruling passion,...

Alexander Pope: The ruling passion,...

The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.


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Alexander Pope: The people's voice...

Alexander Pope: The people's voice...

The people's voice is odd,
It is, and it is not, the voice of God.


Source:...

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Alexander Pope: The hungry judges...

Alexander Pope: The hungry judges...

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.


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Alexander Pope: Order is Heaven's...

Alexander Pope: Order is Heaven's...

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed,
Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,
More rich, more...

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Alexander Pope: The Muse but...

Alexander Pope: The Muse but...

The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not Wife,
To help me through this long disease, my...

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Alexander Pope: The world forgetting,...

Alexander Pope: The world forgetting,...

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard.
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Alexander Pope: The scripture in...

Alexander Pope: The scripture in...

The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of...

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Alexander Pope: The many-headed monster...

Alexander Pope: The many-headed monster...

The many-headed monster of the pit.

Source: Satires and Epistles of Horace...

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Alexander Pope: Party-spirit . ....

Alexander Pope: Party-spirit . ....

Party-spirit . . . at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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