Alexander Pope quotes - page 7

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. (Alexander Pope)
The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. View quote
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The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg. View quote
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There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. View quote
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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. View quote
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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. View quote
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Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss. View quote
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The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more. View quote
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit. View quote
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I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts. View quote
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Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. (Alexander Pope)
I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. View quote
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Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. View quote
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The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice. View quote
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If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business. View quote
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Wit is the lowest form of humor. View quote
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Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me? View quote
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Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. View quote
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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? View quote
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Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind. View quote
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'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. (Alexander Pope)
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever. View quote
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Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain. View quote
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Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. View quote
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Gentle dullness ever loves a joke. View quote
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Alexander Pope

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Occupation: English Poet
Born: May 21, 1688
Died: May 30, 1744
Quotes count: 367
Wikipedia: Alexander Pope

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