Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.
Famous quotes by alexander pope:
“There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl
The feast of reason and the flow of soul;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“lf, presume not to God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Some judge of authors’ names, not works, and then
Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“All comes united to th’ admiring eyes;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)