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
wings eagles gold
And little eagles wave their wings in gold.
moving sky clouds
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.
dance wisdom time
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
tree twigs bent
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
life god nature
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
gratitude eye games
All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!
failure pride men
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
country country-love poor
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
wisdom fear angel
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
women play cards
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
painting paint feels
He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
nature tongue advantage
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed.
inspirational education time
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
inspirational funny life
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.