What did Alexander Pope mean by: As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. - Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Fate, Struggle, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Crowns, Fickle, Reign, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Good Sense, Heaven, Seven, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense! Feraz Zeid, October 27, 2023December 26, 2023, Alexander Pope, Nurse, Solitude, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Art, Brave, Grace, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Bliss, Knowledge, Virtue, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg’d through sacred lust of praise! Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Lust, Sacred, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Holes, Poor, Soul, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on. - Mary Wollstonecraft Writer and philosopher · England
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight. - Mencius Philosopher · China
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. - Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them. - Jane Austen Author · England
I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s. - Alexandra Guarnaschelli Chef · USA