Famous Quote

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Alexander Pope

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Alexander Pope

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

Alexander Pope

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Alexander Pope

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!

Alexander Pope

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

Alexander Pope

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Alexander Pope

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

Alexander Pope

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Alexander Pope

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

Alexander Pope