Know thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. - Alexander Pope

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Know thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.

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About Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry.

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Alternative Names: Pope the Poet • Alexander I Pope • Alexander, I Pope
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Originators like Alexander Pope:
John Dryden William Cowper Lord Byron John Milton William Shakespeare

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Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again, Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But, as the world, harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
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