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
fate destiny blind
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
men thinking desire
Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
women contradiction stills
Woman's at best a contradiction still.
funny marriage dream
They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
time men thinking
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
god wind clouds
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
faults literature absence
Never find fault with the absent.
happiness math order
Order is heaven's first law.
law judging may
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
reputation dies
At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
nature men use
Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.
sarcastic dunces wit
A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
fate religion literature
A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
government fool form
For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.