Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

"Make use of every friend— and every foe."
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"Make use of every friend— and every foe."
Alexander Pope
"There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it."
Alexander Pope
"All this dread order break- for whom? for thee?Vile worm!- oh madness! pride! impiety!"
Alexander Pope
"The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error and misery."
Alexander Pope
"Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee."
Alexander Pope
"For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best."
Alexander Pope
"Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n; Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall."
Alexander Pope
"Then say not man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault;. Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought."
Alexander Pope
"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."
Alexander Pope
"Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native air In his own ground."
Alexander Pope
"Where beams of imagination play,The memory's soft figures melt away."
Alexander Pope
"“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”"
Alexander Pope
"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."
Alexander Pope
"True wit is nature to advantage dressed;What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed."
Alexander Pope
"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"
Alexander Pope
"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so."
Alexander Pope
"For he lives twice who can at once employ,The present well, and e’en the past enjoy."
Alexander Pope
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot."
Alexander Pope
"Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man."
Alexander Pope
"Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me."
Alexander Pope
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