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
censure ten writers-and-writing writes
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.
wall writing rooms
Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.
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.
writing goddess
And write about it, Goddess, and about it!
writing way doe
No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.
writing parent ink
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
writing criticism censure
Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.
writing men scribbles
But those who cannot write, and those who can, All rhyme, and scrawl, and scribble, to a man.
writing men names
Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.
knowledge writing fruit
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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.