While pensive poets painful vigils keep - Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep

Quote by Alexander Pope

Topics: Poets Quotes

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to...

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...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and...

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor...

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice....

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice....

It takes a second to make a mistake, but a lifetime to try and forget...

It takes a second to make a mistake, but a lifetime to try and forget...