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Alexander Pope Quotes

«Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, and if I lose thy love, I lose my all.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: zeal
«Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor lies»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Honor
«Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state»
«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 reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right»
«Love, free as air at sight of human ties, spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies»
«So vast is art, so narrow human wit.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Art, Mankind, Wit | Keywords: narrow, vast
«'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.»
«True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Politeness | Keywords: politeness
«A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain, And drinking largely sobers us again»
«Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.»