Alexander Pope

What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#english

To err is human, to forgive, divine. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#forgiveness #humanity #mistakes #forgiveness

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#fear #fools #rush #tread #where

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d ↗

— Alexander Pope

#mind

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise! ↗

— Alexander Pope

#doubt #how #prone #wise

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#learning #poetry #sophomoric #criticism

If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#misattributed-to-dorothy-parker #money

Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#poetry #life

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#poetry #soul #worth #beauty

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#secrecy #fame