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Alexander Pope quotes

English Poet May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744

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Alexander Pope quote: "All nature is but art unknown to thee."
All nature is but art unknown to thee. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Music resembles poetry, in each. Are nameless graces which no..."
Music resembles poetry, in each. Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory..."
Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole. Alexander Pope
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. False Eloquence, like the Prismatic Glass, Its gawdy Colours spreads on ev’ry place; The Face of Nature was no more Survey, All glares alike, without Distinction gay: But true Expression, like th’ unchanging Sun, Clears, and improves whate’er it shines upon, It gilds all Objects, but it alters none. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance."
Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at..."
If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to. Alexander Pope
Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please, With too much spirit to be e'er at ease, With too much quickness ever to be taught, With too much thinking to have common thought: You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make..."
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought,..."
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Alexander Pope
A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope
Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chased old age away; Who would not scorn what housewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? Alexander Pope
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)-Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Stanza 1. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds,..."
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to..."
Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope quote: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, taste not..."
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, taste not the Pierian Spring Alexander Pope

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