Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew. Alexander Pope More Quotes by Alexander Pope More Quotes From Alexander Pope Reason, however able, cool at best, Cares not for service, or but serves when prest, Stays till we call, and then not often near. Alexander Pope ablecarereason Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought conceived creation's birth. Alexander Pope silenceselfheaven But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again; The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall! Alexander Pope powerfulfallmoving Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky. Alexander Pope lightspiritsky What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire. Is this too little? Alexander Pope clothesfiregiving And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. Alexander Pope bindingfatehumans But see, Orion sheds unwholesome dews; Arise, the pines a noxious shade diffuse; Sharp Boreas blows, and nature feels decay, Time conquers all, and we must time obey. Alexander Pope dewblowwinter Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live. Alexander Pope womensadhate Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Alexander Pope amberdevilhair Nor in the critic let the man be lost. Alexander Pope he-manlostmen The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life. Alexander Pope wifeeaselong Modest plainness sets off sprightly wit, Alexander Pope bodymayblood Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled: / The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Alexander Pope errorsjudgingworld Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence. Alexander Pope scalesopinionwisdom Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics. Alexander Pope calmdarkthinking Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have. Alexander Pope strangevicesthinking The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth. Alexander Pope witwarfareearth What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Alexander Pope wiseevilnight Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, their beauty withered, and their verdure lost! Alexander Pope frostshiningwinter The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Alexander Pope hogswinelord
