English - Poet | May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744
A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.
Alexander Pope
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.
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No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
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The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
FriendsMoreDogsFidelityThan
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
ArtHumanWitNarrowVast
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Health consists with temperance alone.
AloneHealthTemperanceConsists
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