“I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.”
Quote by Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, an English poet, was born on May 21, 1688, and died on May 30, 1744. He is renowned for his wit, satire, and elegant poetry, with his most famous works including 'An Essay on Criticism' and 'The Moral Essays'. Pope's works have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy, both in his time and today. more
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“Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton
“Whoe'er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally.”
Source: Poetical works
“A good-natured man has the whole world to be happy out of.”
Source: The works
“The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?”
Source: A collection of essays, episodes and odes
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.”
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“All other goods by fortune's hand are given, A wife is the peculiar gift of Heaven.”
“Truth shines the brighter, clad in verse.”
Source: Miscellanies. In Four Volumes