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:
“Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Up to her godly garret after sev’n,
There starve and pray, for that’s the way to heav’n.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“The Muse but served to ease some friend, not wife,
To help me through this long disease, my life;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)