About Alexander Pope
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...
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Be not the first by whom the new are tried,/ Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.