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:
“Woman and fool are two hard things to hit,
For true no-meaning puzzles more than wit.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Most women have no characters at all.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Ladies, like variegated tulips, show,
‘Tis to their changes that their charms we owe;”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“She sigh’d not that They stay’d, but that She went.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Some judge of authors’ names, not works, and then
Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)