Quotes by Alexander Pope

“In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold;Alike fantastic, if too new, or old:Be not the first by whom the new are tried,Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”

“If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend's notions and inclinations he possesses this is an eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more that ...”

“Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake”

“What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.”

“chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.”

“Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.”

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.”

“What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whateer we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties i...”

“Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.”

“While pensive poets painful vigils keep,Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.”

“For he lives twice who can at once employ,The present well, and een the past enjoy.”

“Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native airIn his own ground.”

“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

“Order is heaven's first law.”

“We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.”

“Oh let me live my own! and die so too! ("To live and die is all I have to do:") Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please.”

“All this dread order break- for whom? for thee?Vile worm!- oh madness! pride! impiety!”

“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

“Where beams of imagination play,The memory's soft figures melt away.”

“Know then thyself; presume not God to scan,The proper study of mankind is Man.Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise and rudely great:With too much knowledge for the Sceptic s...”