"Why did I write? What sin to me……" — Alexander Pope
"Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?"
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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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More Dipped Quotes
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Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.
— John Ciardi
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And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.
— Diane Ackerman
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And resting in the ocean, dipped into the sea, I find glimmers of One Taste everywhere.
— Ken Wilber
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I do wanna get married. It just sounds great. You get to go grocery shopping together, rent videos, and the…
— Maria Bamford
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[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with…
— Rashida Jones
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Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt.…
— Paul McCartney
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Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.
— Patrice O'Neal
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I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.
— Clifton Webb
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With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it…
— Garry Kasparov
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The most miserable man in the world of those meant for Paradise will be dipped once in Paradise. Then he…
— Muhammad
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