Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Some people will...

Alexander Pope: Some people will...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too...

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Alexander Pope: Is there no...

Alexander Pope: Is there no...

Is there no bright reversion in the sky,
For those who greatly think, or bravely die?


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Alexander Pope: Such laboured nothings,...

Alexander Pope: Such laboured nothings,...

Such laboured nothings, in so strange a style,
Amaze th' unlearn'd, and make the learned...

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Alexander Pope: No one should...

Alexander Pope: No one should...

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than...

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Alexander Pope: Histories are more...

Alexander Pope: Histories are more...

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

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Alexander Pope: Sir, I admit...

Alexander Pope: Sir, I admit...

Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool,
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every...

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Alexander Pope: Of all the...

Alexander Pope: Of all the...

Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind,
What the weak head with...

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Alexander Pope: Some daemon stole...

Alexander Pope: Some daemon stole...

Some daemon stole my pen (forgive th' offence)
And once betrayed me into common sense.
Else all my prose and...

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Alexander Pope: So much they...

Alexander Pope: So much they...

So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng
By chance go right, they purposely go...

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Alexander Pope: Not louder shrieks...

Alexander Pope: Not louder shrieks...

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast,
When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe their...

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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: Blessed is the...

Alexander Pope: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth...

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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: A man should...

Alexander Pope: A man should...

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser...

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Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Tis with our judgements as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.


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Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring
Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess...

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Alexander Pope: A brain of...

Alexander Pope: A brain of...

A brain of feathers and a heart of lead.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk ii. 44
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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 jaundiced eye.


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Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

A vast, vamped future, old, revived new piece.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk i. 284
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Alexander Pope: A heap of...

Alexander Pope: A heap of...

A heap of dust alone remains of thee;
'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!


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