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Alexander Pope Quotes - Page 16

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Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

Envy, Shade, Merit

Alexander Pope (2012). “Essay on Man and Other Poems”, p.16, Courier Corporation

Mankind is unamendable.

Mankind

Alexander Pope (1776). “The Works of Alexander Pope Esq”, p.198

Every woman is at heart a rake.

Heart, Rakes, Intrigue

1735 Epistles to Several Persons,'To a Lady', l.215-8.

The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.

Laughter, Men, Laughing

Alexander Pope (2008). “An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires: Easyread Large Edition”, p.160, ReadHowYouWant.com

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Men, Stupidity, Criticism

'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 390

Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Envy, Shadow, Substance

Alexander Pope (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)”, p.154, Delphi Classics

Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.

Food, Wine, Lovers

Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”

Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.

Light, Sea, Sky

Alexander Pope (1847). “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”, p.35

Dogs, ye have had your day!

Dog, Time, Calendars

Homerus, Alexander Pope (1779). “The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson”

For thee I dim these eye and stuff this head With all such reading as was never read.

Reading, Eye, Stuff

Alexander Pope (1728). “The Dunciad”, p.9

I as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

Giving, Charity, Littles

"The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Imitations of Horace".

Most women have no characters at all.

Women, Anger, Character

1735 Epistles to Several Persons,'To a Lady', l.2.

Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!

Nurse, Solitude

Alexander Pope (1806). “The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles”, p.295

Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

Home, Charity, Fool

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1859). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with a life”, p.212

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

Lying, Dull, Cunning

Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: 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”, p.254

Consult the Genius of the Place in all.

Religion, Gardening, Genius

'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Lord Burlington' (1731) l. 57

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Running, Mad, Insanity

'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 1, Epistle 6 (1738) l. 27

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

Friendship, Dear Friend, Absent

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). “Poetical Works”, p.156

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

Birthday, Graduation, Education

Epistles to Several Persons "To Lord Cobham" l. 101 (1734)

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

Giving, Alive, Charity

Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.159

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Lying, Unseen, Obscurity

'Ode on Solitude' (written c.1700)

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

Men, Proud, Be Proud

'Imitations of Horace' Epilogue to the Satires (1738) Dialogue 2, l. 208

When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open Path leads to the changeless change - Non-Being, the glorious state of Absoluteness, the Bliss past human thought.

Change, Past, Path

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

Happiness, Laughter, Men

'Ode on Solitude' (written c.1700, when aged about twelve)

Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.

Men, Heaven, Weakness

Alexander Pope (1829). “An Essay on Man: And Other Poems”, p.21

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