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
passion literature conquer
The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
nature science night
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
business character men
If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
change lasts firsts
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
art science genius
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
party unhappy division
I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
attitude blessed oppressed
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
happiness laughter men
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
men occupy-yourself literature
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
inspirational dance moving
Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
hope quitting dies
Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
food health anxiety
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
angel ambition men
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
christian hope pain
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712) -Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Stanza 1.