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Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744

Poet

Among Alexander Pope’s most notable works is The Rape of the Lock, a brilliant mock-heroic poem that satirizes a high-society feud over a stolen lock of hair by treating it as an epic Trojan war. He is also revered for An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man, landmark philosophical poems written in flawless heroic couplets that shaped Enlightenment thought. Additionally, his monumental translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey earned him massive critical acclaim and the rare achievement of lifetime financial independence.

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.

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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.

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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.

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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.

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

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What will a child learn sooner than a song?

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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.

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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.

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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.

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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.

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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.

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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.

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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.

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About Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope was a definitive English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era, widely celebrated for his mastery of the heroic couplet. As the second-most frequently quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, he famously penned enduring lines like "To err is human, to forgive divine". Despite severe health struggles and religious exclusion, he achieved lasting financial independence through his acclaimed translations of Homer and brilliant mock-epics like The Rape of the Lock.

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