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 two space
Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.
acceptance self two
Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.
two people choices
When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.
two four should
Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?
sleep two race
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
two mind taste
Talk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.
two pudding boards
Live like yourself, was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.
draw peculiar plan
Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.
last lay
Be not the first by which a new thing is tried, or the last to lay the old aside.
blessed expects man ninth shall
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth beatitude
fault hide mercy teach
Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me.
english-poet fault hide mercy others teach
Teach me to feel another's woe,To hide the fault I see,That mercy I to others show,That mercy show to me.
censure ten writers-and-writing writes
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
catch flying last lips suck
See my lips tremble, and my eye-balls roll,/ Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul!