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Alexander Pope
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“Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason,--man is not a fly.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Die of a rose in aromatic pain.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Remembrance and reflection how allied! What thin partitions sense from thought divide!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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; And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,-- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In lazy apathy let stoics boast Their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; Contracted all, retiring to the breast; But strength of mind is exercise, not rest.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ask where 's the North? At York 't is on the Tweed; In Scotland at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Virtuous and vicious every man must be,-- Few in the extreme, but all in the degree.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The enormous faith of many made for one.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Order is Heaven's first law.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,--health, peace, and competence.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The soul's calm sunshine and the heartfelt joy.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Honour and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What can ennoble sots or slaves or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A wit 's a feather, and a chief a rod; An honest man 's the noblest work of God.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind! Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name, See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting fame!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Know then this truth (enough for man to know),-- "Virtue alone is happiness below.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Never elated when one man 's oppress'd; Never dejected while another 's bless'd.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale?”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source