Alexander Pope
Poet
1688-05-21 – 1744-05-30
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era.
Books by Alexander Pope
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An Essay on Man
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The Poems of Alexander Pope ...
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Quotes by Alexander Pope
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chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.
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What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.
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If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend's notions and inclinations he possesses this is an eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more that many good friends can pretend to do.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed;What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.
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To err is human, to forgive, divine.
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What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul
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Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake
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Oh let me live my own! and die so too! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please.
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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
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For he lives twice who can at once employ,The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
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Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.
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In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold;Alike fantastic, if too new, or old:Be not the first by whom the new are tried,Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
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Some who grow dull religious straight commenceAnd gain in morals what they lose in sense.
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In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies;All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.
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Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll,In pleasing memory of all he stole.
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Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach.
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Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to seeMen not afraid of God afraid of me.
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The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore,Are what ten thousand envy and adore:All, all look up, with reverential Awe,At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the Law:While Truth, Worth, Wisdom, daily they decry-`'Nothing is sacred now but Villainy'- Epilogue to the Satires, Dialogue I
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Remembrance and reflection how allied!What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!
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