Alexander Pope

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:

    “Tell me, my soul, can this be death?”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
    Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Ladies, like variegated tulips, show,
    ‘Tis to their changes that their charms we owe;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)