Alexander Pope Quotes, Thinking Quotes

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

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Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

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As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line.

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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.

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When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.

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Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

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It is observable that the ladies frequent tragedies more than comedies; the reason may be, that in tragedy their sex is deified and adored, in comedy exposed and ridiculed.

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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

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I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.

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A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

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I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard to be distinguish'd by a man himself, from a strong inclination: and if his genius be ever so great, he can not at first discover it any other way, than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which renders him the more liable to be mistaken.

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Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

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The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

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Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.

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No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.

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Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.

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From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.

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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.

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The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.

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