56 Alexander Pope Quotes for You to Enjoy

Alexander Pope

English Poet

Born: May 21, 1688

Died: May 30, 1744

Best Fools God Man Men Nature

Related authors: Alfred Lord Tennyson John Keats John Milton Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert Browning W. H. Auden William Blake William Wordsworth

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought. Alexander Pope

Reflection Thought Sense Allied Divides Remembrance How Thin

And die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope

Nothing Live Rage Die

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. Alexander Pope

Every Consists Easy About Self True Politeness Making Being

Health consists with temperance alone. Alexander Pope

Alone Health Consists Temperance

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Alexander Pope

Nature Law Pleased Kindly Rattle Tickled Child Behold Straw

At ev'ry word a reputation dies. Alexander Pope

Word Reputation Dies

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. Alexander Pope

Wit Wits Dunce Dunces

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. Alexander Pope

Education Mind Tree Bent Just Common Tis Forms Inclined Twig

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. Alexander Pope

Man Simplicity Manners Wit Gentle Affections Child Mild

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. Alexander Pope

Trust Yourself Every Foe Know Make Friend Use Your Defects

The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Alexander Pope

World Forgetting Forgot

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. Alexander Pope

Business Will Nice Too Crowd Observer Observing Like Stung His Bees Labor Curiosity Person Curious Often Who

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. Alexander Pope

Honor Men Think Other Ourselves Fondly Merit Praise Then

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

God Nature Light Hid Laws Lay Said Newton Night

Passions are the gales of life. Alexander Pope

Life Passions

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. Alexander Pope

Wisdom See Part Tis Whole

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around! Alexander Pope

Around Huge

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. Alexander Pope

Passion Will Ruling Still Reason Conquers

Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Alexander Pope

Men Would Would-Be Angels Gods

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too. Alexander Pope

Made Too Added Something Something New New Heard Who

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? Alexander Pope

Love Lose Sense Shall Detest Sin How Offence Offender Keep

Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. Alexander Pope

Hope Through Nor Die Quits Us Travels

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? Alexander Pope

Future Fate State Mortal Blind Knows His Former

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