Alexander Pope Quotes
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On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.
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Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
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Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
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Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown; O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!
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The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.
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I find myself just in the same situation of mind you describe as your own, heartily wishing the good, that is the quiet of my country, and hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.
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Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
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Let such, such only tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country and be poor.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage.
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I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
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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.
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Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
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Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began A mighty hunter, and his prey was man.
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They shift the moving toyshop of their heart.
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Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes; The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods.
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Party is the madness of many, for the gain of a few.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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Each finding like a friendSomething to blame, and something to commend.
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They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake.
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Say, is not absence death to those who love?
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If I am right, Thy grace import Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way!