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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.

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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.

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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.

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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.

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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.

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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.

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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

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This long disease, my life.

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Truth needs not flowers of speech.

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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d

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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.

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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.

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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

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The most positive men are the most credulous.

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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

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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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