Alexander Pope Quotes - Page 2

Know thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.

Order is heaven's first law.

For he lives twice who can at once employ,
The present well, and e’en the past enjoy.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives them to."

[Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1727]

What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.

chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake

While pensive poets painful vigils keep,
Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.