Selected quotes by

Pope, Alexander

1688 - 1744 (56)

Pope, Alexander
15 quotes
Quote 1

And die of nothing but from rage to live.

Quote 2

They dream in courtship, they wake in wedlock.

Quote 3

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Quote 4

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

Quote 5

Passions are the gales of life.

Quote 6

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Quote 7

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

Quote 8

To err is human; to forgive is divine.

Quote 9

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Quote 10

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Quote 11

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Quote 12

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

Quote 13

here is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Quote 14

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Quote 15

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!