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:
“Fondly we think we honour merit then,
When we but praise ourselves in other men.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Laugh where we must, be candid where we can;
But vindicate the ways of God to Man.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“I love to pour out all my self, as plain
As downright Shippen or as old Montaigne:”
—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)
“‘Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)