Alexander Pope Quotes about Friendship
Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.
Alexander Pope (1847). “Poetical Works”, p.299
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Homerus, Alexander Pope (1718). “The Iliad of Homer”
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Alexander Pope (1867). “Poetical Works, with Life of the Author and Notes”, p.36
An Essay on Man Epistle 4, l. 390 (1734)
Letter to Jonathan Swift, 5 December 1732, in George Sherburn (ed.) 'The Correspondence of Alexander Pope' (1956) vol. 3, p. 335
'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Mr. Addison' (1720) l. 67
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.113
There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.
"The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope".
Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). “Poetical Works”, p.156
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Translation of the Odyssey, bk. 15, l. 83 (1725 - 1756)
A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
Alexander Pope (1967). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.191, Lulu.com
