Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Then unbelieving priests...

Alexander Pope: Then unbelieving priests...

Then unbelieving priests reformed the nation,
And taught more pleasant methods of...

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Alexander Pope: They shift the...

Alexander Pope: They shift the...

They shift the moving toyshop of their heart.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, I....

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Alexander Pope: True ease in...

Alexander Pope: True ease in...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
'Tis not...

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Alexander Pope: The vulgar boil,...

Alexander Pope: The vulgar boil,...

The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.

Source: Satires and Epistles of Horace...

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Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.


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Alexander Pope: This long disease,...

Alexander Pope: This long disease,...

This long disease, my life.

Source: Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 132
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: To be angry...

Alexander Pope: To be angry...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Alexander Pope: There goes a...

Alexander Pope: There goes a...

There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said,
Old fish at table, but young flesh in...

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Alexander Pope: See how the...

Alexander Pope: See how the...

See how the world its veterans rewards!
A youth of frolics, an old age of cards.


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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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