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True Wit is Nature to advantag...

True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;...

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

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Here am I, dying of a hundred ...

Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.

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Did some more sober critics co...

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Nothing can be more shocking a...

Nothing can be more shocking and horrid than one of our kitchens sprinkled with blood, and abounding with the cries of expiring victims or with the limbs of dead animals scattered or hung up here and there.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Vice is a monster of so fright...

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Good God! how often are we to ...

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Statesman, yet friend to truth...

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

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Absent or dead, still let a fr...

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

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Thou wert my guide, philosophe...

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

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The young disease, that must s...

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

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On her white breast a sparklin...

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.

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For he lives twice who can at ...

For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

If I am right, Thy grace impar...

If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way!

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

The spider's touch, how exquis...

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

We think our fathers fools, so...

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

Of all the causes which conspi...

Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.

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Whoever thinks a faultless pie...

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

Alexander Pope 1116 quotes

All Nature is but art, unknown...

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.

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No writing is good that does n...

No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.

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