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 glittring Forfex wide,
Tinclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)
“What dire offence from amrous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)