What did Alexander Pope mean by: And not a vanity is given in vain. Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear. Read explanation Author, July 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Friendship, Grief, Loyalty, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Movement, Preparation, Progress, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Fix’d like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate and rot. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Attachment, Decay, Growth, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Corruption, Inequality, Justice, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Beauty, Perception, Unity, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas’d too little or too much. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Balance, Contentment, Moderation, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Relationships, Self-awareness, Trust, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ The lights and shades, whose well-accorded strife gives all the strength and color of our life. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Contrast, Harmony, Vitality, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. Read explanation Frank Lloyd Wright Architect · USA