Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.
Famous quotes by alexander pope:
“What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing—”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Nothing so true as what you once let fall:
‘Most women have no characters at all.’”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“And all who told it added something new,
And all who heard it, made enlargements too.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Why did I write? what sin to me unknown
Dipt me in ink, my parents’, or my own?”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,
As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)