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
Alexander Pope quotes about
curse law-and-lawyers love
Curse on all laws, but those that love has made.
sound speech empty
And empty heads console with empty sound.
reign fickle crowns
Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.
vices sometimes virtue
Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.
villain praise censure
The villain's censure is extorted praise.
errors judging world
Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: / The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
rogues rags ruffles
Rogues in rags are kept in countenance by rogues in ruffles.
instruments ill mischief
When to mischief mortals bend their will, how soon they find it instruments of ill.
being-strong exercise mind
In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; contracted all, retiring to the breast; but strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
reputation dies
At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
farewell night luxury
Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
pants glory repose
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
woe bears midnight
And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show.
maids letters firsts
Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.