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
memories reflection remembrance
Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.
believe qualifications rejecting
I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.
temptation literature satan
But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.
friendship trust knowledge
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
passion literature conquer
The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
nature science night
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
business character men
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
change lasts firsts
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
art science genius
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
party unhappy division
I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
attitude blessed oppressed
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
happiness laughter men
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
men occupy-yourself literature
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
inspirational dance moving
Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.