“Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.”
Source: The Major Works
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“Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope
“Mark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.”
Source: An essay on man. Enlarged and improved by the author. With notes, critical and explanatory
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
Source: The Poetical Works of A. Pope, Esq: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author
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
“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations
Source: The poems of Alexander Pope
Source: The Major Works
“Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. From the text of dr. Warburton. With the life of the author [by T. Cibber].
“A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)
“But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H.St.John, Lord Bolingbroke
“We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
“Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)
Source: Poetical works
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
“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (including His Translation of Homer). To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, by Dr. Johnson
Source: Poetical Works, to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author
“Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.”
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