Alexander Pope – ‘The spiders touch how exquis…
‘The spiders touch how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread and lives along the line.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘In lazy apathy let stoics bo…
‘In lazy apathy let stoics boast Their virtue fixd: t is fixd as in a frost; Contracted all retiring to the breast; But strength of mind is exercise not rest.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘To observations which oursel…
‘To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for th observers sake.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘Statesman yet friend to trut…
‘Statesman yet friend to truth! of soul sincere In action faithful and in honour clear; Who broke no promise servd no private end Who gaind no title and who lost no friend.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘All gardening is landscape p…
‘All gardening is landscape painting.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘Judge not of actions by thei…
‘Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course And smallest virtues from a mighty source.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘Nature and Natures laws lay …
‘Nature and Natures laws lay hid in Night God said Let Newton be! And all was Light.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘The fate of all extremes is …
‘The fate of all extremes is such Men may be read as well as books too much. To observations which ourselves we make We grow more partial for th observers sake.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘Satires my weapon but Im too…
‘Satires my weapon but Im too discreet To run amuck and tilt at all I meet.’
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Alexander Pope – ‘Trust not yourself but your …
‘Trust not yourself but your defects to know make use of every friend and every foe.’