Alexander Pope

was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold--
For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage.More Alexander Pope quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.More Alexander Pope quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.More Alexander Pope quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.More Alexander Pope quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.More Alexander Pope quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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