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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.

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

— Alexander Pope

Truth

All Quotes by Alexander Pope

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

— Alexander Pope

Education

“Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.”

— Alexander Pope

Trust

“Health consists with temperance alone.”

— Alexander Pope

Alone

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

— Alexander Pope

Hope

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

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

— Alexander Pope

Nature

“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

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

— Alexander Pope

God

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

— Alexander Pope

God

“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.”

— Alexander Pope

Women

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

— Alexander Pope

Alone

“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!”

— Alexander Pope

God

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

— Alexander Pope

Art

“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”

— 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

“To err is human to forgive, divine.”

— Alexander Pope

Forgiveness

“Wit is the lowest form of humor.”

— Alexander Pope

Humor

“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

“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