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Alexander Pope Quotes
«Is there a parson, much bemused in beer,/ A maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer,/ A clerk foredoomed his father's soul to cross/ Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said./ Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead./ The dog-star rages!»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«Shakespeare . . ./ For gain not glory, winged his roving flight,/ And grew immortal in his own despite.»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«True friendship's laws are by this rule expressed,/ Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«Were there one whose fires/ True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires;/ Blest with each talent and each art to please,/ And born to write, converse, and live with ease»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
«Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
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