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Upon Quotes by Alexander Pope
- The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and…
- An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier…
- To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.
- Live like yourself, was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.
- Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
- Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in…
- The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
- Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.
- To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves
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