Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: The greatest magnifying...

Alexander Pope: The greatest magnifying...

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

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Alexander Pope: The worst of...

Alexander Pope: The worst of...

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Source: Imitations of Horace, bk. 1,...

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Alexander Pope: They dream in...

Alexander Pope: They dream in...

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alexander Pope: The right divine...

Alexander Pope: The right divine...

The right divine of kings to govern wrong.

Source: The Dunciad, IV
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: Praise undeserved, is...

Alexander Pope: Praise undeserved, is...

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alexander Pope: The spider's touch,...

Alexander Pope: The spider's touch,...

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the...

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Alexander Pope: There St John...

Alexander Pope: There St John...

There St John mingles with my friendly bowl
The feast of reason and the flow of soul.


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Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Alexander Pope: Tis with our...

Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.


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Alexander Pope: The vanity of...

Alexander Pope: The vanity of...

The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming...

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Alexander Pope: Satan is wiser...

Alexander Pope: Satan is wiser...

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: Then unbelieving priests...

Alexander Pope: Then unbelieving priests...

Then unbelieving priests reformed the nation,
And taught more pleasant methods of...

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Alexander Pope: They shift the...

Alexander Pope: They shift the...

They shift the moving toyshop of their heart.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, I....

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Alexander Pope: True ease in...

Alexander Pope: True ease in...

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
'Tis not...

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Alexander Pope: The vulgar boil,...

Alexander Pope: The vulgar boil,...

The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.

Source: Satires and Epistles of Horace...

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Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.


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Alexander Pope: This long disease,...

Alexander Pope: This long disease,...

This long disease, my life.

Source: Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 132
-- Alexander...

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Alexander Pope: To be angry...

Alexander Pope: To be angry...

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

Source: In The...

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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Alexander Pope: There goes a...

Alexander Pope: There goes a...

There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said,
Old fish at table, but young flesh in...

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Alexander Pope: See how the...

Alexander Pope: See how the...

See how the world its veterans rewards!
A youth of frolics, an old age of cards.


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