Quotes by : Alexander Pope

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Light quirks of music broken and uneven Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

To err is human to forgive divine.

The learned is happy nature to explore the fool is happy that he knows no more.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;Thus unlamented let me die;Steal from the world, and not a stoneTell....

True wit is nature to advantage dressed;What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

The pride of aiming at more knowledge, and pretending to more perfection, is the cause of Man's error....

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?

Trust not yourself; but your defects to know,Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe.