Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
ALEXANDER POPEEve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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 POPELove the offender, yet detest the offense.
ALEXANDER POPEHe best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPEA patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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 POPEThe greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEWomen use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
ALEXANDER POPEThe Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
ALEXANDER POPEAmusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
ALEXANDER POPELearning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
ALEXANDER POPEO peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPEHe who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
ALEXANDER POPE