black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

Alexander Pope

Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
ALEXANDER POPE

Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPE

Air Walk Wings
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
ALEXANDER POPE

Beautiful Improvement Nature
As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPE

Advice Deep Wisdom
The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
ALEXANDER POPE

Divine Government Right Wrong
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
ALEXANDER POPE

Country Daring Love Poor
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
ALEXANDER POPE

Appearance Eyes Sick
It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
ALEXANDER POPE

Best Character Deep Injury People
In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
ALEXANDER POPE

Oneself Romantic World
Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
ALEXANDER POPE

Feeling Hide Mistake Myself Teaching
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
ALEXANDER POPE

Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
ALEXANDER POPE

Age Fools One Liner Patriot
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
ALEXANDER POPE

Anxiety Food Health Sick
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
ALEXANDER POPE

Honesty Lie Lying Motivation Protection Worst
Expression is the dress of thought.
ALEXANDER POPE

Expression One Liner Thinking
There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
ALEXANDER POPE

Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alexander Pope Quotes