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Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer.
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“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
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“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
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“The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.”
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“The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.”
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
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“No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.”
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“No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.”
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“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: 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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“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: 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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“On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.”
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“On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.”
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“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”
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“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”
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“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
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“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
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“There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.”
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“There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.”
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“Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”
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“Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”
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“The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.”
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“The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.”
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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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“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”
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“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
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“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.”
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.”
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“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
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“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
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“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
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“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
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“Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.”
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“Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.”
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“Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.”
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“Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.”
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“'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”
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“'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”
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“The proper study of Mankind is Man.”
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“The proper study of Mankind is Man.”
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“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
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“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
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“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”
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“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”
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“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
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“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
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“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.”
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“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.”
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“Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!”
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“Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!”
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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”
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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.”
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“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”
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“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”
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“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.”
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“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.”
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“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
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“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
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“Never find fault with the absent.”
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“Never find fault with the absent.”
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“The most positive men are the most credulous.”
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“The most positive men are the most credulous.”
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“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.”
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“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.”
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“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
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“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
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“Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.”
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“Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.”
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“Passions are the gales of life.”
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“Passions are the gales of life.”
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“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.”
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“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.”
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“Order is heaven's first law.”
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“Order is heaven's first law.”
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“Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.”
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“Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.”
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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 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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“Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.”
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“Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.”
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“Men would be angels, angels would be gods.”
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“Men would be angels, angels would be gods.”
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“Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.”
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“Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.”
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“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
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“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
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