Alexander Pope

Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake ↗

— Alexander Pope

#morality #women #business

True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#wit #writing #nature

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#men

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her; but many a woman hates a man for being her friend. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#humor #men-and-women-in-love #friendship

Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#dream #home #land #not-my-life #dreams

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#about #anxiety #better #call #disease

Thy voice I seem in ev'ry hymn to hear, with ev'ry bead I drop too soft a tear... ↗

— Alexander Pope

#love

Errare è umano, perdonare divino. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#nature

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#best #contest #fools #forms #government

Fools admire, but men of sense approve. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#approve #fools #men #sense