When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Age Quotes, Youth Quotes

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.