Alexander Pope
Born: 05-20-1688
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet known for his sharp wit, satirical style, and mastery of the heroic couplet. His most famous works include "The Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad." Despite suffering from health issues, Pope became a leading literary figure in the Augustan age, contributing significantly to English literature with his translations of Homer and his philosophical poem "An Essay on Man."
Book summaries for books written by Alexander Pope
Quotes
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
The proper study of mankind is man.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated, needs but to be seen.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.
Order is Heaven's first law.
The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of man's error and misery.
And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, one truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
What can we reason, but from what we know?