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Alexander Pope
498 quotes
“Andromache! my soul's far better part.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He from whose lips divine persuasion flows.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend; And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I war not with the dead.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Aurora now, fair daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with rosy light the dewy lawn.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As full-blown poppies, overcharg'd with rain, Decline the head, and drooping kiss the plain,-- So sinks the youth; his beauteous head, deprest Beneath his helmet, drops upon his breast.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold: Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway, Can bribe the poor possession of a day.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Short is my date, but deathless my renown.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Injustice, swift, erect, and unconfin'd, Sweeps the wide earth, and tramples o'er mankind.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Content to follow when we lead the way.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He serves me most who serves his country best.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The rest were vulgar deaths, unknown to fame.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The best of things beyond their measure cloy.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To hide their ignominious heads in Troy.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And for our country 't is a bliss to die.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Like strength is felt from hope and from despair.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir'd.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Dispel this cloud, the light of Heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The mildest manners, and the gentlest heart.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In death a hero, as in life a friend!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Patroclus, lov'd of all my martial train, Beyond mankind, beyond myself, is slain!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I live an idle burden to the ground.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ah, youth! forever dear, forever kind.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Accept these grateful tears! for thee they flow,-- For thee, that ever felt another's woe!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Where'er he mov'd, the goddess shone before.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The matchless Ganymed, divinely fair.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Our business in the field of fight Is not to question, but to prove our might.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A mass enormous! which in modern days No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The bitter dregs of fortune's cup to drain.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who dies in youth and vigour, dies the best.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This, this is misery! the last, the worst That man can feel.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“No season now for calm familiar talk.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Achilles absent was Achilles still.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Forever honour'd, and forever mourn'd.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Unwept, unhonour'd, uninterr'd he lies!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro In all the raging impotence of woe.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is true, 't is certain; man though dead retains Part of himself: the immortal mind remains.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source