Quote Author: Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope – ‘Many men have been capable o…

‘Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing More a cunning thing but very few a generous thing.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘Why has not man a microscopi…

‘Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason: man is not a fly.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘But when to mischief mortals…

‘But when to mischief mortals bend their will How soon they find fit instruments of ill!’

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Alexander Pope – ‘At every word a reputation d…

‘At every word a reputation dies.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘All nature is but art unknow…

‘All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance direction which thou canst not see; All discord harmony not understood; All partial evil universal good; And spite of pride in erring reasons spite One truth is clear Whatever is … Continue reading

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Alexander Pope – ‘A little learning is a dang?…

‘A little learning is a dang?rous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘Some people will never learn…

‘Some people will never learn anything for this reason because they understand everything too soon.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘Chaos of thought and passion…

‘Chaos of thought and passion all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise and half to fall; Great lord of all things yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth in endless error hurled The … Continue reading

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Alexander Pope – ‘On lifes vast ocean diversel…

‘On lifes vast ocean diversely we sail Reason the card but passion is the gale.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘It is with narrow-souled peo…

‘It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out.’

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