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By Flatterers Besieg'd, And So Obliging That He Ne'er Oblig'd
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By flatterers besieg'd,
And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd;
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 207
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No creature smarts so little as a fool. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 84...
That not in fancy's maze he wander'd long, But stoop'd to truth, and moraliz'd his song.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 340...
Destroy his fib or sophistry--in vain! The creature 's at his dirty work again.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 91...
Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 213...
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 315...
E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 12...
Obliged by hunger and request of friends. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 44...
Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 333...
On wings of winds came flying all abroad." -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
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