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• To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Brave, Profanity

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• There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity; both being equally subject to change.

  Alexander Pope

  Beauty, Men, Littles

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.125

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• Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Whole

  Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations”, p.35

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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.

  Alexander Pope

  Love, Hate, Men

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• He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

  Alexander Pope

  Brother

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• Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

  Alexander Pope

  Time, Men, Thinking

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• Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.

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  Women, Play, Cards

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.313

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• Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

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  Summer, Flower, Eye

  'Pastorals' (1709) 'Summer' l. 73

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• Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

  Alexander Pope

  Dance, Wisdom, Time

  'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 1, Epistle 1 (1738) l. 53

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• Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

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  Strength, Time, Passion

  Alexander Pope (1812). “The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson”, p.228

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• Expression is the dress of thought.

  Alexander Pope

  Expression, Dresses

  1711 An Essay on Criticism, l.318.

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• A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.

  Alexander Pope

  Family, Commonwealth

  Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton”, p.417

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• Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

  Alexander Pope

  Beauty, Eye, Winning

  'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 5, l. 33

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• The most positive men are the most credulous.

  Alexander Pope

  Positive, Success, Attitude

  'Miscellanies' (1727) vol. 2 'Thoughts on Various Subjects'

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• Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

  Alexander Pope

  Men, Thinking, Desire

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• Die of a rose in aromatic pain.

  Alexander Pope

  Pain, Rose, Dies

  Alexander Pope (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe”, p.41

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• The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

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  Vanity, Rivers, Life Is Like

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.123

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• Sleep and death, two twins of winged race,
  Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.

  Alexander Pope

  Sleep, Race, Two

  Alexander Pope (1967). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.346, Lulu.com

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• At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

  Alexander Pope

  Reputation, Dies

  'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 3, l. 16

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• True wit is nature to advantage dressed;
  What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

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  Nature, Tongue, Advantage

  "A Selection from the Poetry of Alexander Pope".

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• To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart

  Alexander Pope

  Art, Soul, Genius

  'The Rape of the Lock' (1714) canto 1, l. 1

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• All nature is but art unknown to thee.

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  Art, Nature, Literature

  'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 289

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• This long disease, my life.

  Alexander Pope

  Life, Science, Long

  "An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" l. 131 (1735)

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• Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
  To err is human, to forgive, divine.

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  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Divine

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). “Poetical Works”, p.22

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• Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.

  Alexander Pope

  Judging, Gold, And Love

  Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.442

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