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:

    The Peer now spreads the glitt’ring Forfex wide,
    T’inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
    What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
    I sing—
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)