“Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.”
Quote by Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, an English poet, was born on May 21, 1688, and died on May 30, 1744. He is renowned for his wit, satire, and elegant poetry, with his most famous works including 'An Essay on Criticism' and 'The Moral Essays'. Pope's works have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy, both in his time and today. more
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“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
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
“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
“Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with remarks and illustrations. By G. Wakefield
“Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
“Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
“One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly
“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”
“The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.”
Source: The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings
“The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books