You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope Pain
All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction, which thou canst not see. Alexander Pope Nature
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope Life
Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. Alexander Pope Mind Education
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. Alexander Pope Soul People
Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Alexander Pope Generosity
Teach me to feel another's woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me. Alexander Pope Mercy
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. Alexander Pope Self-discovery Life Friendship
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. Alexander Pope Wisdom
