Alexander Pope Quotes

English - Poet | May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Alexander Pope

MarriageDreamCourtshipWake

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

Alexander Pope

PatriotismAmbitionPatriotSame

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Alexander Pope

SimplicityWitAboveFarMajesty

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Alexander Pope

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An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Alexander Pope

WorkGodManHonestNoblest

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

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NatureChildLawStrawBehold

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Alexander Pope

FriendTrustYourselfKnowYourFoe

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Alexander Pope

DwellVirtueSheContentPainful

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

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MenYouUnknownThingsMustTaught

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

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NatureGodFateNothingWithout

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

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HonorRiseShameActWellLies

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Alexander Pope

BestGovernmentFoolsWhateverForms

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