Alexander Pope Quotes


So perish all who do the like again.


Citations

Pope, Alexander, translator. The Odyssey of Homer. By Homer, vol. 1, Bernard Lintot, 1725, p. 11.

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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
  • Born: May 21, 1688
  • Died: May 30, 1744
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Writer, Translator

Alexander Pope is seen as one of the greatest English poets and the foremost poet of the early 18th century. He is best known for satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translation of Homer. After Shakespeare, Pope is the second-most quoted writer in English, according to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having become popular in common parlance (e. g., damning with faint praise). He is considered a master of the heroic couplet.