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Alexander Pope was an eighteenth-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet.. English poet


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Quote Left True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Quote Right
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Quote Left Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Quote Right
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Quote Left No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. Quote Right
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Quote Left The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. Intelligence Quote Right
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Quote Left I am his Highness dog at Kew; pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? Quote Right
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