17 quotes
"On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale."
- Alexander Pope
Inspiration
"Those move easiest who have learned to dance."
- Alexander Pope
Learning
"To err is human; to forgive, divine."
- Alexander Pope
Forgiveness
"Give me a six-hour window to cut a man’s hair, and I will learn his life story."
- Alexander Pope
Insight
"Coffee, which makes the politicians wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes."
- Alexander Pope
Insight
"Health consists with temperance alone."
- Alexander Pope
Health
"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."
- Alexander Pope
Reflection
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
- Alexander Pope
Contentment
"Count each birthday with a grateful mind."
- Alexander Pope
Gratitude
"Hear how the birds, on every blooming spray, With joyous music wake the dawning day."
- Alexander Pope
Joy
"As those move easiest who have learned to dance."
- Alexander Pope
Adaptation
"True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit."
- Alexander Pope
Philosophy
"Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare/And beauty draws us with a single hair."
- Alexander Pope
Philosophy
"For forms of government let fools contest; Whate’er is best administered is best."
- Alexander Pope
Philosophy
"In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, and heavy harvests nod beneath the snow."
- Alexander Pope
Nature
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."
- Alexander Pope
Knowledge
"A little learning is a dangerous thing."
- Alexander Pope
Knowledge