Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: I was not...

Alexander Pope: I was not...

I was not born for courts and great affairs,
but I pay my debts, believe and say my...

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Alexander Pope: Know then this...

Alexander Pope: Know then this...

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

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Alexander Pope: I am His...

Alexander Pope: I am His...

I am His Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you?


Source: On...

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Alexander Pope: Let sinful bachelors...

Alexander Pope: Let sinful bachelors...

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore;
Full well they merit all they feel, and more:
Unaw'd by precepts, human...

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Alexander Pope: Do good by...

Alexander Pope: Do good by...

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Source: Epilogue to the Satires,...

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Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

If, presume not to God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle...

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Alexander Pope: Line after line...

Alexander Pope: Line after line...

Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow,
Led through a sad variety of woe.


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Alexander Pope: Is there a...

Alexander Pope: Is there a...

Is there a parson, much bemused in beer,
A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer,
A clerk foredoomed his father's soul...

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Alexander Pope: Let standard-authors, thus,...

Alexander Pope: Let standard-authors, thus,...

Let standard-authors, thus, like trophies borne,
Appear more glorious as more hacked and...

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Alexander Pope: Fame can never...

Alexander Pope: Fame can never...

Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.

Source: letter to...

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Alexander Pope: In quibbles angel...

Alexander Pope: In quibbles angel...

In quibbles angel and archangel join,
And God the Father turns a school divine.


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Alexander Pope: Lulled in the...

Alexander Pope: Lulled in the...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in,...

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Alexander Pope: Like following life...

Alexander Pope: Like following life...

Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you...

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Alexander Pope: Lo! thy dread...

Alexander Pope: Lo! thy dread...

Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd;
Light dies before thy uncreating word:
Thy hand, great Anarch! lets...

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Alexander Pope: Fired that the...

Alexander Pope: Fired that the...

Fired that the house reject him, `'Sdeath I'll print it,
And shame the fools.'


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Alexander Pope: In wit a...

Alexander Pope: In wit a...

In wit a man; simplicity a child.

Source: Epitaph on Mr. Gay.
-- Alexander Pope,...

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Alexander Pope: Men dream of...

Alexander Pope: Men dream of...

Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alexander Pope: Many people are...

Alexander Pope: Many people are...

Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous...

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Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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Alexander Pope: Fondly we think...

Alexander Pope: Fondly we think...

Fondly we think we honour merit then,
When we but praise ourselves in other men.


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