“Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
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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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“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
“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
“The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satire
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
“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
“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.”
“The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
Source: Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope: And Several of His Friends
“For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.”