Rival Pope

Famous quotes containing the words rival and/or pope:

“I think I noticed once
T’was morning one sole street-lamp still bright-lit,
Which, with a senile grin, like an old dunce,
Vied the blue sky, and tried to rival it....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“For fools admire, but men of sense approve:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)