What did Alexander Pope mean by: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye. [and therefore the solution is to fix the jaundiced eye.] Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Bias, Perception, Solution, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Where grows?–where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Agriculture, Growth, Responsibility, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Actions, Kindness, Perception, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Criticism, Humility, Wisdom, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. Read explanation Author, August 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Conflict, Passion, Reason, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. Author, October 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Marriage, Reality, Romance, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alexander Pope, Heaven, Wisdom, Worthiness, 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 public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
To how many girls has a great beauty been of no other use but to make them expect a large fortune! Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
