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
music dance light
Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.
eye men vision
Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n.
love hate men
No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
wise coffee eye
Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
wise coffee eye
For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).
gratitude cheer names
O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
war party biblical
The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
fancy fame breaths
What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.
acceptance self two
Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.
friendship true-friend law
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
fall hero eye
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
life wealth fame
Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?
life passion age
See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot; Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot.
hope teacher blessing
Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar; Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore; What future bliss He gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.