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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 ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. Quote Right
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Quote Left But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college, or a cat: To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, Tenrich a bastard, or a son they hate. Quote Right
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Quote Left Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. Quote Right
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Quote Left Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. Quote Right
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Quote Left Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise! Quote Right
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