| 295 Famous Quotes by Alexander Pope
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“Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.”
Law Quotes |
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“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”
Learning Quotes |
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“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”
Learning Quotes |
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“He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.”
Lying Quotes |
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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.”
Mercy Quotes |
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“Party is the madness of many, for the gains of a few.”
Party Quotes |
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“Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.”
Progress Quotes |
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“Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, Make use of every friend and every foe.”
Self-knowledge Quotes |
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“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.”
Self-sacrifice Quotes |
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“To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.”
Vulgarity Quotes |
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“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old:It is the rust we value, not the gold.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;God said "Let Newton be" and all was light.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Where'er you walk, cool glades shall fan the glade / Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade: / Where'er you tread, the blusing flow'rs shall rise, / And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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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.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,/ Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul!”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”
Miscellaneous Quotes |
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Alexander Pope Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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