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:

    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)