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“Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.”

Quote by Alexander Pope

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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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“From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, "as a king's favorite or a king.”

Moments Kings Treated Authorship

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations

“The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in expenses of any consequence.”

Men Littles Character Grace Consequence Ill Acquire Expenses Avarice Covetousness

Book: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

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

“The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer. The whole book of Job, with regard both to sublimity of thought and morality, exceeds, beyond all comparison, the most noble parts of Homer.”

Book Whole Jobs Language Morality Pure Bible Perfection Regard Simplicity Noble Scripture Comparison Exceed Sublimity

Author:Alexander Pope

“I'm pretty sure my house in Florida is haunted! He's a nice ghost though.”

House Nice Ghost Florida

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“The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.”

Has Beens Secret Mankind Letters Sick Sentiments Closets Publish Cabinets Divulge

Author:Alexander Pope

“There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.”

Animal Party Violent Ignorant Bees Sects Factions Blockheads Busier Cabal

Book:The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson

Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson

“There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.”

Knows Men Way Deserve One Way Doing Nothing Concealed Candor Concealing

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

“The villain's censure is extorted praise.”

Praise Villain Censure

Book: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

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

“One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.”

Years Self Whole Hours Conscience Self-examination Whole Year Approving

Book:An essay on man. Enlarged and improved by the author. With notes, critical and explanatory

Source: An essay on man. Enlarged and improved by the author. With notes, critical and explanatory

“What Tully said of war may be applied to disputing: "It should be always so managed as to remember that the only true end of it is peace." But generally true disputants are like true sportsmen,--their whole delight is in the pursuit; and the disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.”

Should May Said War Ends Whole Care Remember Delight Pursuit Controversy Hares Sportsman

Author:Alexander Pope