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Alexander Pope
Know then thyself,...
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.
Men, some to...
Men, some to business, some to pleasure take;
But every woman is at heart a rake.
Most authors steal...
Most authors steal their works, or buy.
Source: In
No creature smarts...
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Source: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
--...
Has she no...
Has she no faults then (Envy says), Sir?
Yes she has one, I must aver;
When all the world conspires to praise...
Learn from the...
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
Source: Essay on Man.
--...
Now lap-dogs give...
Now lap-dogs give themselves the rousing shake,
And sleepless lovers, just at twelve,...
Nature and Nature's...
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.
Not chaos-like, together...
Not chaos-like, together crushed and bruised,
But, as the world harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we...
Heav'n, as its...
Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried;
The saint sustained it, but the woman...
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:...
One thought of...
One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight,
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my...
Nor fame I...
Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call;
She comes unlooked for, if she comes at...
Now night descending,...
Now night descending, the proud scene was o'er,
But lived in Settle's numbers one day...
How happy is...
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Lo, the poor...
Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
His soul proud science...
Our passions are...
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever...
O happiness! our...
O happiness! our being's end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
That something still...
On wrongs swift...
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.
Source: In
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...