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Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Around Huge

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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!

~Alexander Pope

Topics: God Hid Laws Lay Light Nature Newton Night Said

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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Blameless Forgetting Forgot Happy How Lot World

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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Anything Because Everything Learn Never People Reason Some Some People Soon Too Understand Will

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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: God Looks Nature Private Road Slave Takes Through Up Who

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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Blockhead Head His Learned Loads Read

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Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Best Few Gain Madness Many

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Aside First Last Lay New Nor Old Tried Whom

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Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Nor Piece See Shall Thinks Whoever

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Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

~Alexander Pope

Topics: Bent Common Education Forms Inclined Just Mind Tree Twig

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: May 21st, 1688

Died: May 30th, 1744

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