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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road,
But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.
'Tis thus the mercury of man is fix'd,
Strong grows the virtue with his nature mix'd.
If to her share some female errors fall
Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
The Rape of the Lock (1712)
One self-approving hour whole years out-weighs
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas.
How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tail.
The Dunciad (1728)
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
This education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
An Essay on Criticism (1709)
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be blest.
An Essay on Man (1734)
A heap of dust remains of thee;
'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady (1717)
Extremes in nature equal good produce;
Extremes in man concur to general use.
And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope (1717)
Fix'd to no spot is Happiness sincere;
'Tis nowhere to be found, or ev'rywhere;
'Tis never to be bought, but always free.
Plain truth, dear Murray, needs no flowers of speech.
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
The Rape of the Lock (1712)
The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
Moral Essays (1731)
They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake.
Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.
For fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Essay on Criticism (1711)