Alexander Pope Quotes

Alexander Pope Quotes.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope
Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.
Alexander Pope
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Alexander Pope
Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.
Alexander Pope
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
Alexander Pope
They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Alexander Pope
True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Alexander Pope
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
Alexander Pope
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
Alexander Pope
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Alexander Pope
Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
Alexander Pope
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Alexander Pope
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
Alexander Pope