“Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.”
Quote by Alexander Pope
Work
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
This volume includes a selection of Alexander Pope's most renowned works, showcasing his wit, satire, and philosophical musings. It features poems such as 'An Essay on Man' and 'The Rape of the Lock', as well as various essays and letters, offering insight into the literary and social context of his time. more
Author
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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Source: The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notes on Each Poem
“What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.”
Source: An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke
“Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.”
“Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.”
Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials
“The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With memoir, critical diss., and explanatory notes. The text ed. by C.C. Clarke
“Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Six Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton
“Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.”
Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials
“Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books
“Of fight or fly, This choice is left ye, to resist or die.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H. F. Cary, Etc
Source: Poems