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Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was an English poet and satirist best known for his sharp wit and mastery of the heroic couplet. Works like *The Rape of the Lock* and *An Essay on Man* established him as the foremost poet of the early 18th century. Many of his lines — such as "To err is human, to forgive divine" — have become proverbial.

“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”

— Alexander Pope

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All Quotes by Alexander Pope

“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”

— Alexander Pope

Truth

“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”

— Alexander Pope

Alone

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

— Alexander Pope

Art

“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?”

— Alexander Pope

Future

“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.”

— Alexander Pope

Change

“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”

— Alexander Pope

Marriage

“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”

— Alexander Pope

God

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

— Alexander Pope

Education

“Wit is the lowest form of humor.”

— Alexander Pope

Humor

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

— Alexander Pope

Learning

“Health consists with temperance alone.”

— Alexander Pope

Alone

“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

— Alexander Pope

Fear

“Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.”

— Alexander Pope

Men

“To err is human to forgive, divine.”

— Alexander Pope

Forgiveness

“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”

— Alexander Pope

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