You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
ALEXANDER POPEYou purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
ALEXANDER POPEPassions are the gales of life.
ALEXANDER POPEBlessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEHe who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
ALEXANDER POPEBeauty draws us with a single hair.
ALEXANDER POPEWho dare to love their country, and be poor.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
ALEXANDER POPETrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
ALEXANDER POPEThere is a majesty in simplicity.
ALEXANDER POPEAn excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
ALEXANDER POPEAn obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
ALEXANDER POPEIf, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
ALEXANDER POPEPhysicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
ALEXANDER POPETo swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEAs the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
ALEXANDER POPE