~ Alexander Pope Quotes ~

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Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.

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Offend her and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her and she'll hate you while you live.

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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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Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello.

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How shall I love the sin yet keep the sense And love the offender yet detest the offence?

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True wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought but ne'er so well express'd.

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True wit is nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.

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What dire offence from am'rous causes springs. What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

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The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on.

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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.

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Thus let me live unseen unknown Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world and not a stone Tell where I lie.

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If I am right Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong O teach my heart To find that better way!

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I have as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

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When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything each of them generally gets that which he likes least.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring; Their shallow draughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again.