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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–1717), The Dunciad (1728–1743), and for his translations of Homer.
Some people will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,/ Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.