Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“A little learning is a dangerous thing.

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring;

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,

and drinking largely sobers us again.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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"Strength of mind is exercise, not rest."

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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"Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit,

There is no cure 'gainst age but it"

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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"O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name."

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,

Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Our judgments, like our watches, none

go just alike, yet each believes his own”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:

God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Whatever is, is right.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“Brevity is the soul of wit.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“All nature is but art, unknown to thee;

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;

All discord, harmony not understood;

All partial evil, universal good.

And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,

One truth is clear, 'Whatever is, is right.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

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“For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best.”

― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)