Discovering philosophers, poets, writers: Alexander Pope.
Alexnder Pope (London, May 22, 1688 - Twickenham, 30 May 1744) was an English poet, considered one of the greatest of the eighteenth century.
Best-known for his satirical work for his translation of Homer, was a turning point for English literature, to the point of being the third most cited author for Oxford Dictionary of quotations after William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson.
Main Works
Pastorals, 1709, (Pastoral).
An Essay on Criticism, 1711, (Essay on Criticism).
The Rape of the Lock, 1712, (The abduction of the curl).
Windsor Forest, 1713 (The Forest of Windsor). Eloisa to Abelard
, 1717.
Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady, 1717.
The Dunciad, 1728, (The zuccheide).
Moral Essays, (1731-1735), (Moral Essays).
Essay on Man, 1734 (Essay on Man).
The Prologue to the satires, 1735.
Aphorisms of
A. Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to investigate: the man is most suitable for the study of humanity.
you beat the pumpkin, and t'illudi that the talent will come: but as long as you beat, there's nobody home. Hope springs eternal
in human breast, the man is never now, but always in the future, blessed.
is for our own wisdom as our watches, none works as another, yet each believes his own.
A man ingenuity, simplicity, a child.
No creature that suffers less of a fool. Anyone who believes
to see what flawless, he thinks that has never been, nor there, nor ever will be.
The ruling passion, whatever it is, the ruling passion governs always right.
A party is the madness of many for the benefit of a few.
Words are like leaves, and where most abundant, rarely found in many fruits of sense.
Pride, the inevitable vice stupid.
The order is the first law of heaven.
loves those who offend, but hates the offense.
not be the first to try new things. Nor the last to abandon the old ones.
provocation I had to ask me? The strong antipathy of good to evil.
Some praise the morning what the evening criticizing, but always think the last opinion is the right one.
ignorant, did not know the subtle art of the scholar, and no language, except the heart.
Many men have been able to make a wise thing, many more to make it a smart, but very few have been able to make a generous.
To err is human, to forgive is divine.
The beauty strikes the eye, but the merit wins the heart.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, because the excuse is a lie guarded.
Throughout my life I have never met a man who was not able to bear the misfortunes of another like a perfect Christian.
The sea unites the countries that separates them.
Madmen dare where angels fear to go.
Madmen admire, approve of the wise.
Do good to see him blush in secret and disclosed.
Who will decide when doctors disagree?
In the sky is a crime to love too.
"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, because there will never be disappointed."
We can become masters of our destiny when we finished to pose as his prophets.
As a poet I like very much especially because of aphorisms. I think it's important to get to know people like him, that poets and authors are not very popular but not capacity, and less skill than those who were able to achieve fame.
