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
soul void craving
No craving void left aching in the soul.
money army land
Trade it may help, society extend, But lures the Pirate, ant corrupts the friend: It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and the land's betray'd.
too-much faults littles
Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
noble credit world
While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.
judging gold and-love
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.
littles gale driving
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
years years-ago thousand
The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
blame bliss depends
Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.
bird blooming joyous
Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.
blood coward ancestry
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
self easy manners
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
farewell night luxury
Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
death youth dies
Who dies in youth and vigour, dies the best.
death men suffering
The lot of man - to suffer and to die.