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
life motivational positive
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
strength time passion
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.
food wine lovers
Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.
children men simplicity
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
summer flower eye
Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade. Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
wine soul flow
Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
envy shadow shade
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
lying tasks twenties
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
pain giving joy
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
wise honesty women
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
art nature literature
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
education learning knowledge
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
wisdom men taught
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
loyalty dog silly
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.