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:

    So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng
    By chance go right, they purposely go wrong.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

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