1,083 Quotes by Alexander Pope

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing

Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing with departing light, When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade, And the low sun had lengthened every shade.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.

Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, / And some made coxcombs nature meant but fools.

The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part

The learned is happy, nature to explore, the fool Is happy, that he knows no more.

You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain.