Quote by: Alexander Pope

Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please, With too much spirit to be e'er at ease, With too much quickness ever to be taught, With too much thinking to have common thought: You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlexander Pope
  • Descriptioneighteenth century English poet
  • BornMay 21, 1688
  • DiedMay 30, 1744
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Literary Historian; Translator; Writer