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:

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

    But all subsists by elemental strife;
    And Passions are the elements of Life.
    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)