Alexander Pope Quotes

To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope

Forgiveness, Human, Forgive

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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

Others, Another, Show

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

Today, Saying, Words

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
Alexander Pope

Hope, Human, Eternal

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Alexander Pope

Business, Nice, Person

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
Alexander Pope

Love, Hate, Woman

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
Alexander Pope

Angry, Revenge, Others

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
Alexander Pope

Learning, Deep, Spring

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Alexander Pope

May, Eyes, Pretty

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Alexander Pope

Fear, Angels, Fools

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Alexander Pope

Education, Everything, Understand

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

Blessed, Nothing, Shall

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

Nice, Difference, Virtue

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
Alexander Pope

Best, End, Find

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

Brain, Thoughts, Rise

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Alexander Pope

Lies, Act, Honour

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
Alexander Pope

Best, Government, Whatever

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Alexander Pope

Soul, Strike, Sight

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

Rich, Poor, Making

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

Happy, Forgetting, Forgot

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Alexander Pope

Trust, Yourself, Friend

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.
Alexander Pope

Art, True, Writing

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

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

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: May 21, 1688

Died: May 30, 1744

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