Our judgments, like our watches, none go just alike, yet each believes his own Alexander Pope More Quotes by Alexander Pope More Quotes From Alexander Pope Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. Alexander Pope amusement happiness thinking Index-learning turns no student pale, Alexander Pope superficial-knowledge learning science Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Alexander Pope slides soul art The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know. Alexander Pope cease seasons knows New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try. Alexander Pope trying science firsts Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all. Alexander Pope weakness men heaven Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous. Alexander Pope learning powerful science To teach vain Wits that Science little known, Alexander Pope doubt littles science Truth needs not flowers of speech. Alexander Pope flower truth needs There is a majesty in simplicity. Alexander Pope majesty simplicity Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease! Alexander Pope farewell sleep peace But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Alexander Pope dog sky thinking An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier to be upon his knees than to rise to a good action. Alexander Pope mad hypocrite atheist What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the style refines! Alexander Pope style would-be happiness A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes. Alexander Pope robes nature tree Poets like painters, thus unskilled to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art. True wit is Nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. Alexander Pope grace jewels art For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Alexander Pope aids wife men The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest. Alexander Pope mental-illness finest mind But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat, Alexander Pope murmuring shade summer Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity. Alexander Pope ostentation simplicity mean
