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 The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more subject to be out of order. Alexander Pope pieces government order How index-learning turns no student pale, Alexander Pope eels library science Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! Alexander Pope credit light wings Oh! be thou blest with all that Heaven can send, Long health, long youth, long pleasure-and a friend. Alexander Pope birthday heaven long To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Alexander Pope purple vines wine Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. Alexander Pope intelligence intellectual teaching Genius creates, and taste preserves. Alexander Pope intelligence sublime genius Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead; For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Alexander Pope fool angel fear Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. Alexander Pope confused truth fall Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain Here earth and water seem to strive again, Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But, as the world, harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree. Alexander Pope confused confusion order The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy. Alexander Pope sunshine soul joy Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! Alexander Pope victory wings death When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open Path leads to the changeless change - Non-Being, the glorious state of Absoluteness, the Bliss past human thought. Alexander Pope change path past See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, Alexander Pope spring wings blood Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad. Alexander Pope provocation asks strong A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. Alexander Pope fate struggle fall To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each Seene, and be what they behold: For this the Tragic Muse first trod the stage. Alexander Pope genius soul art Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. Alexander Pope oppressed blessed attitude A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it. Alexander Pope practice men philosophy Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land? All fear, none aid you, and few understand. Alexander Pope understanding land fear
