1,083 Quotes by Alexander Pope

In vain may heroes fight and patriots rave if secret gold sap on from knave to knave.

For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives them to."[Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1727]

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar;Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore.What future bliss, he gives not thee to know,But gives that hope to be thy blessing now.

Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll,In pleasing memory of all he stole.

He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit,Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ.

If I am right, Thy grace impartStill in the right to stay;If I am wrong, O, teach my heartTo find that better way!

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.