Alexander Pope Quotes, Wings Quotes, Hawks Quotes

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

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By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires with animated sounds. Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds.

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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

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Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll'd, And vanquished realms supply recording gold?

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Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.

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Never elated while one man's oppress'd; Never dejected while another's blessed.

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Old men, for the most part, are like old chronicles that give you dull but true accounts of times past, and are worth knowing only on that score.

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The enormous faith of many made for one.

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In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.

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For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.

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Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are fluttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. O never fear, lads, naught's to dread, Look not to left nor right: In all the endless road you tread There's nothing but the night.

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I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.

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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

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

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A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

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I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

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The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

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Is not absence death to those who love?

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A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.

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