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Would Be Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he…
- What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the…
- In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,…
- Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
- Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to…
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