Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Thou wert my...

Alexander Pope: Thou wert my...

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

Source: An Essay on Man, IV. 390
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Alexander Pope: To happy convents,...

Alexander Pope: To happy convents,...

To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines,
Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.


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Alexander Pope: Vital spark of...

Alexander Pope: Vital spark of...

Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh the...

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Alexander Pope: To endeavor to...

Alexander Pope: To endeavor to...

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a...

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Alexander Pope: See my lips...

Alexander Pope: See my lips...

See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,
Suck my last breath, and catch my flying...

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Alexander Pope: Tis education forms...

Alexander Pope: Tis education forms...

Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.


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Alexander Pope: To observations which...

Alexander Pope: To observations which...

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


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Alexander Pope: Were there one...

Alexander Pope: Were there one...

Were there one whose fires
True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires;
Blest with each talent and each art to...

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Alexander Pope: Vice is a...

Alexander Pope: Vice is a...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her...

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Alexander Pope: Shakespeare . ....

Alexander Pope: Shakespeare . ....

Shakespeare . . .
For gain not glory, winged his roving flight,
And grew immortal in his own...

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Alexander Pope: To make mankind...

Alexander Pope: To make mankind...

To make mankind in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they...

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Alexander Pope: To rest, the...

Alexander Pope: To rest, the...

To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite.


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Alexander Pope: What beck'ning ghost,...

Alexander Pope: What beck'ning ghost,...

What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade
Invites my steps, and points to yonder...

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Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Alexander Pope: Virtuous and vicious...

Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: Teach me to...

Alexander Pope: Teach me to...

Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to...

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Alexander Pope: True disputants are...

Alexander Pope: True disputants are...

True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.

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Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

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Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial...

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Alexander Pope: Waller was smooth;...

Alexander Pope: Waller was smooth;...

Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line,
The long majestic...

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Alexander Pope: Ten censure wrong,...

Alexander Pope: Ten censure wrong,...

Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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