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
lying honor theatre
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
lying fame deathbed
Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.
inspirational lying character
Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.
lying men given
Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
lying writing heart
Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand - the name appears Already written - wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes.
life lying mercury
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
lying world stones
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.
lying sky bully
Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
lying bleeding deceit
A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!
lying joy healthy
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.
wise lying pride
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.
wise lying stupid
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
lying dull cunning
The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.
lying good-friend degrees
If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more than many good friends can pretend to do.