From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Alexander Pope More Quotes by Alexander Pope More Quotes From Alexander Pope All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. [and therefore the solution is to fix the jaundiced eye.] Alexander Pope gratitude eye yellow Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er. Alexander Pope prayer life children Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan. Alexander Pope ambition kings life And make each day a critic on the last. Alexander Pope critics lasts each-day Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence. Alexander Pope joy peace lying Those oft are stratagems which errors seem Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Alexander Pope errors seems dream How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be! Alexander Pope dust love art Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the imitation and study of nature. Alexander Pope genius nature art Now warm in love, now with'ring in my bloom Lost in a convent's solitary gloom! Alexander Pope losing lost love In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway. Alexander Pope passion love men Tis true, 'tis certain; man, though dead, retains Part of himself; the immortal mind remains. Alexander Pope men philosophy death Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest. Alexander Pope clue passion found No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other. Alexander Pope doe writing way With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought. Alexander Pope taught too-much thinking Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky. Alexander Pope wise dream sky Die of a rose in aromatic pain. Alexander Pope dies pain rose Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; But every woman is at heart a rake. Alexander Pope business heart men Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. Alexander Pope change clouds fall Virtue alone is happiness below. Alexander Pope virtue Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind. Alexander Pope doe kindness men
