Creative Quotations from . . .
Alexander Pope
(1688-1744) born on
May 21
English poet. "He is remembered as a major satirist of Augustan age; wrote "The Rape of the Lock," 1714 and "Moral Essays," 1731-35."
 
   
F
The learn'd is happy nature to explore,
The fool is happy that he knows no more."

R
"True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd."
A
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed."
N
Order is heav'ns first law.
K
"Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""An Essay on Man""
R: ""An Essay on Criticism.""
A: "An Essay on Man, I. 95"
N: ""An Essay on Man""
K:



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