Quotes By Alexander Pope
Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.
Alexander Pope
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
Alexander Pope
Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Alexander Pope
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
Alexander Pope
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Alexander Pope
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
Alexander Pope
Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.
Alexander Pope
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope
And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.
Alexander Pope
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
Alexander Pope
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
Alexander Pope
The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
Alexander Pope