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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Die Hope Nor Quits Through Travels Us

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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Act Honour Lies Part Well Your

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

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Ends Equal Extremes Join Man Mysterious Nature Produce Some Use

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The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Ambition Destroy Knave Make Makes Patriot Same Save

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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Content Dwell Endeavour Ever Finds Painful She Too Virtue

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I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Best Divisions End Few Find Gain Hoping Madness Mankind Many Myself Total Unhappy Which

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But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Blind Fate Former Future His Knows Mortal State

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

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Causes Dominion Else Fate Final God Nature Nothing Providence Without

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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Creates Folly Genius Good Good Sense Only Preserves Sense Sublime Taste Without

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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Conquers Passion Reason Ruling Still Will

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: May 21st, 1688

Died: May 30th, 1744

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