Quotes by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

English poet

Lived from: 1688 - 1744

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 21 may 1688 Died: 30 may 1744

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  • Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
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  • Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
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  • Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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  • Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
    Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)
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  • Such laboured nothings, in so strange a style, I amaze the unlearn'd, and make the learned smile.
    Essay on Criticism 327
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  • Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
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  • Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me.
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  • Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
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  • That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable, is made up of civility and falsehood.
    Thoughts (1754)
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  • The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
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  • The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
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  • The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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  • The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
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  • The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
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  • The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.
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  • The most positive men are the most credulous.
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  • The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still.
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  • The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
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  • The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
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  • The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
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