Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: Let me tell...

Alexander Pope: Let me tell...

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction:...

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Alexander Pope: One thought of...

Alexander Pope: One thought of...

One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight,
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my...

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Alexander Pope: Nor fame I...

Alexander Pope: Nor fame I...

Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call;
She comes unlooked for, if she comes at...

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Alexander Pope: Now night descending,...

Alexander Pope: Now night descending,...

Now night descending, the proud scene was o'er,
But lived in Settle's numbers one day...

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Alexander Pope: How happy is...

Alexander Pope: How happy is...

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.


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Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Alexander Pope: Lo, the poor...

Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
His soul proud science...

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Alexander Pope: Our passions are...

Alexander Pope: Our passions are...

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever...

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Alexander Pope: O happiness! our...

Alexander Pope: O happiness! our...

O happiness! our being's end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
That something still...

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Alexander Pope: On wrongs swift...

Alexander Pope: On wrongs swift...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alexander Pope: How often are...

Alexander Pope: How often are...

How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best...

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Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown proposed as things...

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Alexander Pope: Passions are the...

Alexander Pope: Passions are the...

Passions are the gales of life.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alexander Pope: On her white...

Alexander Pope: On her white...

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels...

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Alexander Pope: One would not,...

Alexander Pope: One would not,...

One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead -
And, Betty, give this cheek a little...

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Alexander Pope: How shall I...

Alexander Pope: How shall I...

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense,
And love th'offender, yet detest...

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Alexander Pope: On life's vast...

Alexander Pope: On life's vast...

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

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Alexander Pope: Religion blushing veils...

Alexander Pope: Religion blushing veils...

Religion blushing veils her sacred fires,
And unawares morality expires.
Nor public flame, nor private, dares to...

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Alexander Pope: One science only...

Alexander Pope: One science only...

One science only will one genius fit;
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.


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Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Pride, the never failing vice of fools.

Source: An Essay on Criticism, 204
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Alexander Pope: I find myself....

Alexander Pope: I find myself....

I find myself. . . hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but...

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