“In pride in reas'ning pride our error lies All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes Men would be angels angels would be gods.”
Alexander Pope“For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best.”
Alexander Pope“We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives the”
Alexander Pope, The Prose Works of Alexander Pope“Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach.”
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism“Never find fault with the absent.”
Alexander Pope“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”
Alexander Pope“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”
Alexander Pope“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
Alexander Pope“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Alexander Pope“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
Alexander Pope“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
Alexander Pope