Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. – Alexander Pope
Behold the child, by Nature’s kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. – Alexander Pope
‘Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. – Alexander Pope
Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. – Alexander Pope
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. – Alexander Pope
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot. – Alexander Pope
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. – Alexander Pope
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. – Alexander Pope
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person. – Alexander Pope
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. – Alexander Pope
No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her. – Alexander Pope
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be. – Alexander Pope
