Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
ALEXANDER POPELove the offender, yet detest the offense.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEA youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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 POPEThe most positive men are the most credulous.
ALEXANDER POPESleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
ALEXANDER POPETeach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
ALEXANDER POPETo swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
ALEXANDER POPEThe people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
ALEXANDER POPEThe vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
ALEXANDER POPEEvery professional was once an amateur.
ALEXANDER POPETrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat will a child learn sooner than a song?
ALEXANDER POPEAll are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
ALEXANDER POPETrue wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
ALEXANDER POPE