"Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or……" — Alexander Pope
"Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print."
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532 Quotes by Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope has 532 quotes on this site.
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they…
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the…
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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once…
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Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
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Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
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Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul…
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I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and…
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The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read,…
— John Maynard Keynes
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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary…
— Thomas Traherne
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Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when…
— Fisher Ames
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Don't think that the lack of leaders and of a party ideological line means anarchy, if by anarchy you mean…
— Michael Hardt
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They're no longer going to be on…
— Tom Waits
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Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.
— Jon Ronson
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As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body…
— Arundhati Roy
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You…
— C.S. Lewis
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The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real…
— Stephen King
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I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.
— Nicola Formichetti
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