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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.

“Woman's at best a contradiction still.”

— Alexander Pope

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All Quotes by Alexander Pope

“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

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

— Alexander Pope

Learning

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

— Alexander Pope

Alone

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

— Alexander Pope

Art

“Woman's at best a contradiction still.”

— Alexander Pope

Best

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

— Alexander Pope

Art

“If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.”

— Alexander Pope

Business

“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.”

— Alexander Pope

Hope

“Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.”

— Alexander Pope

Nature

“The most positive men are the most credulous.”

— Alexander Pope

Men

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”

— Alexander Pope

Hope

“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.”

— Alexander Pope

Love

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

— Alexander Pope

Wisdom

“'Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”

— Alexander Pope

Education

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

— Alexander Pope

Truth

“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”

— Alexander Pope

Best

“Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.”

— Alexander Pope

God

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

— Alexander Pope

Education