Quotes by Alexander Pope

About Alexander Pope:

Alexander Pope 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.
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Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Alexander Pope

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Alexander Pope

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Alexander Pope

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Alexander Pope

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Alexander Pope

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Alexander Pope

Never find fault with the absent.

Alexander Pope

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Alexander Pope

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Alexander Pope

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Alexander Pope

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

Alexander Pope

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

Alexander Pope

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Alexander Pope

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Alexander Pope

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

Alexander Pope

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

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There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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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