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• How Instinct varies in the grov'ling swine.

  Alexander Pope

  Instinct, Swine, Vary

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, esq”, p.46

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• The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.

  Alexander Pope

  Mind, Mental Illness, Finest

  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.311

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• I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.

  Alexander Pope

  Numbers, Lisp

  'An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735) l. 127.

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• And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.

  Alexander Pope

  Fate, Humans, Binding

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, esq”, p.164

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• Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call.

  Alexander Pope

  Favors, Dignity, Fame

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• In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.

  Alexander Pope

  Music, Complaining, Strain

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1851). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.145

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• True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
  Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

  Alexander Pope

  Friendship, True Friend, Funny Friend

  Translation of the Odyssey, bk. 15, l. 83 (1725 - 1756)

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• Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person; they make friendships as kings of old made leagues, who sacrificed some poor animal betwixt them, and commenced strict allies; so the ladies, after they have pulled some character to pieces, are from henceforth inviolable friends.

  Alexander Pope

  Kings, Women, Character

  Alexander Pope (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, Esq”, p.383

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• Praise is like ambergrease: a little whiff of it, and by snatches, is very agreeable; but when a man holds a whole lump of it to your nose, it is a stink, and strikes you down.

  Alexander Pope

  Men, Noses, 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.129

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• And die of nothing but a rage to live.

  Alexander Pope

  Death, Pain, Rage

  Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The poems of Alexander Pope”, p.91

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• Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.

  Alexander Pope

  Brother, Jealous, Thrones

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, esq”, p.340

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• If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

  Alexander Pope

  Business, Character, Men

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• On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

  Alexander Pope

  Waiting, Vengeance

  Homerus, Alexander Pope (1779). “The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson”, p.215

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• Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

  Alexander Pope

  Literature, Praise, Satire

  William Lisle Bowles, Alexander Pope (1820). “A reply to an "Unsentimental sort of critic,": the reviewer of "Spence's Anecdotes" in the Quarterly review for October [i.e. July] 1820; otherwise to a certain critic and grocer, the family of the Bowleses!!”, p.15

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• Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.

  Alexander Pope

  Fear, Land, Understanding

  Alexander Pope, Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount.) (1824). “An essay on man: in four epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke”, p.48

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• Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

  Alexander Pope

  Expression, Easy, Conversation

  Alexander Pope (1812). “The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson”, p.233

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• Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.

  Alexander Pope

  Daughter, Nature, Light

  Alexander Pope (1967). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.152, Lulu.com

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• Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
  The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
  So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
  For others' good, or melt at others' woe.

  Alexander Pope

  Pride, Proud, Woe

  Alexander Pope, Henry Francis Cary (1841). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, Etc”, p.31

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• The lot of man - to suffer and to die.

  Alexander Pope

  Death, Men, Suffering

  Homerus, Alexander Pope, Gilbert Wakefield (1796). “The Odyssey”, p.126

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• How vast a memory has Love!

  Alexander Pope

  Love, Life, Memories

  Alexander Pope (1849). “Letters of Alexander Pope Works and Arranged Expresly for the Use Young People”, p.84

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• On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

  Alexander Pope

  Wind, Wings, Flying

  Alexander Pope (1873). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward”, p.277

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• Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess, Some are and must be greater than the rest.

  Alexander Pope

  Order, Law, Heaven

  Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (2008). “The Major Works”, p.300, Oxford University Press

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• Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.

  Alexander Pope

  Poor, Stewards, Stores

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• Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.

  Alexander Pope

  Change, Fall, Clouds

  Alexander Pope (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.12

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• And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show.

  Alexander Pope

  Midnight, Woe, Bears

  Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.214

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