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
numbers lisp
I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
coins dear grows
Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.
heart tongue
A gen'rous heart repairs a sland'rous tongue.
song children
What will a child learn sooner than a song?
lying good-friend degrees
If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more than many good friends can pretend to do.
truth people littles
There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.
bird natural prey
For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.
ocean passion wind
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.
reality moments ability
Only music has the ability to take you to the edge of reality and allow you to peek in for a moment.
tree shade arise
Interspersed in lawn and opening glades, Thin trees arise that shun each others' shades.
two four should
Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?
toil lovers force
For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends
fool zeal
The zeal of fools offends at any time.
wise wisdom littles
What is it to be wise? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others' faults, and feel our own.