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Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was an English poet and satirist best known for his sharp wit and mastery of the heroic couplet. Works like *The Rape of the Lock* and *An Essay on Man* established him as the foremost poet of the early 18th century. Many of his lines — such as "To err is human, to forgive divine" — have become proverbial.

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

— Alexander Pope

Fear

All Quotes by Alexander Pope

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

— Alexander Pope

Art

“The most positive men are the most credulous.”

— Alexander Pope

Men

“A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”

— Alexander Pope

Learning

“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”

— Alexander Pope

Alone

“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

Best

“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”

— Alexander Pope

Best

“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”

— Alexander Pope

Wisdom

“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

Men

“For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.”

— Alexander Pope

Faith

“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.”

— Alexander Pope

Hope

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“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

“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.”

— Alexander Pope

Intelligence

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

— Alexander Pope

Hope

“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”

— Alexander Pope

Art

“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”

— Alexander Pope

God

“The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”

— Alexander Pope

Nature

“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”

— Alexander Pope

Marriage