Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
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“The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.”
Source: An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires: Easyread Large Edition
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notes on Each Poem
“Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.”
Source: Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose
“The lights and shades, whose well-accorded strife gives all the strength and color of our life.”
Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke
“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death
“Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.”
Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems
Source: Essay on Man and Other Poems
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with his last corrections, additions and improvements
“True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.”
“Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.”
Source: Poetical works
“Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete : with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death : Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton
“For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.”