Alexander Pope Quotes - Page 14

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• Lo! the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind
  Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
  His soul proud Science never taught to stray
  Far as the solar walk or milky way.

  Alexander Pope

  God, Science, Clouds

  'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 99

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• Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?

  Alexander Pope

  Two, Four, Should

  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.257

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• And write about it, Goddess, and about it!

  Alexander Pope

  Writing, Goddess

  'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 4, l. 251

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• The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

  Alexander Pope

  Eggs, Cooking, Vulgar

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1835). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books”, p.75

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• Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

  Alexander Pope

  Friendship, Firsts, Merit

  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.113

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• Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes: the glorious fault of angels and of gods.

  Alexander Pope

  Ambition, Angel, Firsts

  'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady' (1717) l. 13

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• Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

  Alexander Pope

  Faults, Blame, Praise

  Alexander Pope (1835). “The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly”, p.88

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• O happiness! our being's end and aim!
  Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
  That something still which prompts the eternal sigh,
  For which we bear to live, or dare to die.

  Alexander Pope

  Happiness, Gratitude, Appreciation

  'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 1

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• There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.

  Alexander Pope

  Friendship, Virtue

  "The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope".

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• Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

  Alexander Pope

  Silence, Doubt, Silent

  Alexander Pope (1835). “The Works of Alexander Pope”, p.81

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• At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

  Alexander Pope

  Pride, Littles, Trifles

  Alexander Pope (2015). “An Essay on Criticism”, p.13, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Coffee, Eye

  Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (2008). “The Major Works”, p.89, Oxford University Press

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• Some to conceit alone their taste confine,
  And glittering thoughts struck out at ev'ry line;
  Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit;
  One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.

  Alexander Pope

  Lines, Taste, Chaos

  Alexander Pope (1711). “An Essay on Criticism”, p.18

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• Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.

  Alexander Pope

  Coins, Dear, Grows

  Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.278

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• The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.

  Alexander Pope

  Giving, World, Fool

  Alexander Pope (1812). “The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson”, p.230

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• Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

  Alexander Pope

  Mind, Padlocks, Talent

  'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 4, l. 161

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• False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.

  Alexander Pope

  Happiness, Time, Money

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• When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.

  Alexander Pope

  Past, Lasts, Argument

  Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Verse and Prose”, p.272

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• 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

  Mean, Thinking, Pieces

  Alexander Pope, Henry Francis Cary (1841). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, Etc”, p.19

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• "With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?"-She wants a heart.

  Alexander Pope

  Heart, Chloe, Want

  Alexander Pope (1873). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward”, p.240

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• All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. [and therefore the solution is to fix the jaundiced eye.]

  Alexander Pope

  Gratitude, Eye, Yellow

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• Devotion's self shall steal a thought from heaven.

  Alexander Pope

  Self, Heaven, Stealing

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1851). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.115

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• Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

  Alexander Pope

  Age, Sickness, States

  Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”, p.73

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• chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

  Alexander Pope

  Passion, Chaos

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). “Poetical Works”, p.48

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• You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.

  Alexander Pope

  Home, Body, Fancy

  "Epigram: You beat your pate" l. 1 (1732)

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