Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: We think our...

Alexander Pope: We think our...

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow;
Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.


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Alexander Pope: Whether you choose...

Alexander Pope: Whether you choose...

Whether you choose Cervantes' serious air,
Or laugh and shake in Rabelais' armchair.


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Alexander Pope: Whoever thinks a...

Alexander Pope: Whoever thinks a...

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall...

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Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?

Source: Lord Hervey, in Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot...

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Alexander Pope: What's fame? a...

Alexander Pope: What's fame? a...

What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.

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Alexander Pope: Where'er you walk,...

Alexander Pope: Where'er you walk,...

Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,
Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade:
Where'er you...

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Alexander Pope: While pensive poets...

Alexander Pope: While pensive poets...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep
Sleepless themselves to give their readers...

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Alexander Pope: Woman's at best...

Alexander Pope: Woman's at best...

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Source: Moral Essays, II
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: Who sees with...

Alexander Pope: Who sees with...

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin...

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Alexander Pope: When men grow...

Alexander Pope: When men grow...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's...

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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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