Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Popewas an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 May 1688
common education forms twig
'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
education mind common
Education forms the common mind.
education wisdom stupid-people
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
bent common education forms inclined tis twig
Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined
draw peculiar plan
Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
last lay
Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth beatitude
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Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me.