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
waiting vengeance
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.
dance art moving
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
athlete delight pursuit
True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
daughter nature light
Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.
design sublime genius
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
envy shadow shade
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
dance wisdom time
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
women play cards
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
envy merit shade
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue
food wine lovers
Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.
positive success attitude
The most positive men are the most credulous.
knowledge writing fruit
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
literature praise satire
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
men stupidity criticism
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.