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
thinking sky dies
Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die?
dog angel thinking
To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence.
mean thinking pieces
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
men thinking desire
Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
time men thinking
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
life heart thinking
Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part? Is there no bright reversion in the sky For those who greatly think, or bravely die?
thinking amusement
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
morning night thinking
Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right.
courage men thinking
A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.
men thinking honor
Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.
art believe thinking
I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.
thinking young-friends young-love
It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.
thinking too-much taught
With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought.
dog thinking sky
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.