A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
God |
Alexander Pope quoteThe ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still (Epistles to Several Persons)
Alexander Pope quote While pensive poets painful vigils keep,
Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep (The Dunciad)
Alexander Pope quote 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 (An Essay on Criticism)
Alexander Pope quote Some have at first for wits, then poets passed,
Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last (An Essay on Criticism)
Alexander Pope quote To err is human; to forgive, divine (An Essay on Criticism)
Forgiveness |
Alexander Pope quoteFor fools rush in where angels fear to tread (An Essay on Criticism)
Alexander Pope quote Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never Is, but always To be blest (An Essay on Man Epistle 1)
Hope |
Alexander Pope quoteBiography
Poet, 1688 - 1744
