Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository

Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope.
Born | May 22, 1688 London, England |
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Died | May 30, 1744 Twickenham, England |
English poet and essayist.
The repository contains five quotes from Alexander Pope.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
’Tis not a lip or eye we call beauty, but the joint force and full result of all.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Is that a birthday?‘tis, alas! too clear;‘Tis but the funeral of the former year.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.