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Alexander Pope Quotes

«I find myself... hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.»
«Not to admire, is all the art I know / To make men happy, and to keep them so.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet)
«Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet)
«If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.»
«Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet)
«Wit and judgment are oft at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: man and wife
«Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet)
«Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: microscopic
«You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: pate
«The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: disputes