“Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!”
Quote by Alexander Pope
Work
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
This volume includes a selection of Alexander Pope's most renowned works, showcasing his wit, satire, and philosophical musings. It features poems such as 'An Essay on Man' and 'The Rape of the Lock', as well as various essays and letters, offering insight into the literary and social context of his time. more
Author
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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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
“To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.”
“Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.”
“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.”