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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5783/">Quotes by <em>Pope, Alexander</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

Alexander Pope (May 22, 1688 May 30, 1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer."

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"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."

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"Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part."

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"Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor."

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"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude."

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

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"Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?"

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"An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded."

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"Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly."

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"I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers."

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