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His great intellectual achievement was to translate the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]], classical Greek works, into English.
His great intellectual achievement was to translate the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]], classical Greek works, into English.
Pope remained a [[Catholic]] his entire life despite discrimination against [[Catholics]] in [[England]] at the time. He is one of the most-quoted English writers in all of history.
Pope remained a [[Catholic]] his entire life despite discrimination against [[Catholics]] in [[England]] at the time. He remains one of the most-quoted of all English writers with gems that include:
::''Damn with faint praise''
::''A little knowledge is a dangerous thing''
::''Expression is the dress of thought''
::''For fools rush in where wise men fear to tread''
::''Hope springs eternal to the human breast''
::''An honest man’s the noblest work of God''
:On a lighter note... written on the collar of a dog he gave to the [[Prince of Wales]]...
::''I am his highness's dog at Kew; / Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?''
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