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Alexander Pope Quotes
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Poet Quotes
Category:
English Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 21, 1688
Date of Death:
May 30, 1744
Nationality:
English
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Alexander Pope

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John Keats
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William Wordsworth
Robert Browning
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.
Alexander Pope

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
Alexander Pope

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Alexander Pope

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Alexander Pope

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
Alexander Pope

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
Alexander Pope

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?
Alexander Pope

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.
Alexander Pope

Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Alexander Pope

Woman's at best a contradiction still.
Alexander Pope

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