Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Why did I...

Alexander Pope: Why did I...

Why did I write? what sin to me unknown
Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own?


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Alexander Pope: Who reasons wisely...

Alexander Pope: Who reasons wisely...

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies.

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Alexander Pope: Ye gods! annihilate...

Alexander Pope: Ye gods! annihilate...

Ye gods! annihilate but space and time.
And make two lovers happy.


Source: The...

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Alexander Pope: Wit that can...

Alexander Pope: Wit that can...

Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.

Source: Epistle to Dr....

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Alexander Pope: Yes; I am...

Alexander Pope: Yes; I am...

Yes; I am proud, I must be proud to see
Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.


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Alexander Pope: Why has not...

Alexander Pope: Why has not...

Why has not man a microscopic eye?
For this plain reason, man is not a fly.


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Alexander Pope: With too much...

Alexander Pope: With too much...

With too much quickness ever to be taught;
With too much thinking to have common...

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Alexander Pope: `With every pleasing,...

Alexander Pope: `With every pleasing,...

`With every pleasing, every prudent part,
Say, what can Chloe want?' - She wants a...

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Alexander Pope: Words are like...

Alexander Pope: Words are like...

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...

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Alexander Pope: You beat your...

Alexander Pope: You beat your...

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come:
Knock as you please, there's no body at...

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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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