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Letter "A" » 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»
«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.»
«You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.»
«The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.»
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