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
Why did I write? what sin to me unknown
Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own?"

R
"Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies."
A
Ye gods! annihilate but space and time.
And make two lovers happy.
N
"Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust."
K
"Yes; I am proud, I must be proud to see
Men not afraid of God, afraid of me."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
R: 'Moral Essays'
A: "The Art of Sinking in Poetry," 11"
N: "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.""
K: "Epilogue to the Satires," Dialogue II"



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