18th-century English poet
The world forgetting by the world forgot. – Alexander Pope
If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to. – Alexander Pope
Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth. – Alexander Pope
Invention furnishes Art with all her materials, and without it, Judgement itself can at best but steal wisely. – Alexander Pope
Where beams of imagination play, The memory’s soft figures melt away. – Alexander Pope
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. – Alexander Pope
Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake. – Alexander Pope
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. – Alexander Pope
To Err is Human, to Nap, Divine. – Alexander Pope
Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev’n then, shall my cold dust remain. – Alexander Pope
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. – Alexander Pope
Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed. – Alexander Pope
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. – Alexander Pope
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