Alexander Pope was an eighteenth-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet.. English poet
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Go to Quote / Comment
Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings.... Go to Quote / Comment
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. Go to Quote / Comment
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Go to Quote / Comment
Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Go to Quote / Comment