Alexander Pope
England
21 May 1688 // 30 May 1744
Poet
21 May 1688 // 30 May 1744
Poet
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False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss
Who builds a church to God and not to fame, will never mark the marble with his name
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing
It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his own
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
Genuine religion is not so much a matter of feeling as a matter of principle
Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, lie in three words - health, peace, and competence
When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same at last
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays