Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688-May 30, 1744) was the greatest English poet and satirist of the early 1700's. Ranking with Shakespeare in influence, his works include: Ode to Solitude, 1700-09; An Essay on Criticism, 1711; The Rape of the Lock, 1712, 1714; Dunciad, 1728; An Essay on Man, 1733; The Universal Prayer, 1738; Imitations of Horace, 1733; and The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1735. In An Essay of Criticism, 1711, Alexander Pope wrote:
<To err is human, to forgive divine.> 1688AP001
In An Essay of Criticism, 1711, Alexander Pope wrote:
<Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.> 1688AP002
In Of the Character of Women, 1735, 1744, Alexander Pope wrote:
<A very heathen in the carnal part
Yet still a sad, good Christian at her heart.> 1688AP003
In An Essay on Man, 1733, Epistle I, line 95, Alexander Pope wrote:
<Hope springs eternal in the human breast.> 1688AP004
In An Essay on Man, Epistle IV, line 247, Alexander Pope stated:
<A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God.> 1688AP005
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1688AP001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alexander Pope, 1711, in An Essay on Criticism, Part II, verse 525. M.H. Abrams, editor, et al., The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition-Revised (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1962, 1968), p. 1013. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 13, p. 6495.
1688AP002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alexander Pope, 1711, An Essay on Criticism, line 625. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 13, p. 6495. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (London: Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1941, 1955), p. 383.
1688AP003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alexander Pope, 1735, 1744, in Of the Character of Women. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (London: Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1941, 1955), p. 381.
1688AP004. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alexander Pope, 1733, in An Essay on Man, Epistle I, line 95. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 13, p. 6495. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (London: Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1941, 1955), p. 383.
1688AP005. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Alexander Pope, 1733, in An Essay on Man, Epistle IV, line 247. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (London: Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1941, 1955), p. 384.