Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw:
Some livelier plaything...

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Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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

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Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.


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Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain,
The creature's at his dirty work again.


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Alexander Pope: And love th'...

Alexander Pope: And love th'...

And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard, 192
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Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

Alexander Pope: But thousands die...

But thousands die without or this or that,
Die, and endow a college, or a cat:
To some, indeed, Heaven grants...

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Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Chaste to her Husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming Mistress, but a barren Bride.


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Alexander Pope: Cibber! write all...

Alexander Pope: Cibber! write all...

Cibber! write all thy Verses upon Glasses,
The only way to save 'em from our Arses.


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Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Did some more sober critic come abroad?
If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.


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Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in...

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Alexander Pope: Coffee, which makes...

Alexander Pope: Coffee, which makes...

Coffee, which makes the politician wise,
And see through all things with his half-shut...

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Alexander Pope: Dear damned distracting...

Alexander Pope: Dear damned distracting...

Dear damned distracting town.

Source: A Farewell to London.
-- Alexander Pope,...

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Alexander Pope: Created half to...

Alexander Pope: Created half to...

Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in...

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Alexander Pope: Fine by defect...

Alexander Pope: Fine by defect...

Fine by defect and delicately weak.

Source: Moral Essays, Epistle II. 43
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Alexander Pope: At ev'ry word...

Alexander Pope: At ev'ry word...

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, cto. 3.
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Alexander Pope: Die and endow...

Alexander Pope: Die and endow...

Die and endow a college or a cat.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alexander Pope: For fools admire,...

Alexander Pope: For fools admire,...

For fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Source: An Essay on Criticism,...

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Alexander Pope: Curse on all...

Alexander Pope: Curse on all...

Curse on all laws, but those that love has made.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.


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Alexander Pope: At every trifle...

Alexander Pope: At every trifle...

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

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