Alexander Pope Quotes about God

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

Alexander Pope

Life, God, Nature

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 267

I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.

Alexander Pope

God, Christian, Adversity

"Thoughts on Various Subjects" (1727)

If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.

Alexander Pope

God, Wise, Men

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 2 (1733) l. 1.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

Alexander Pope

God, Angel, Pride

Alexander Pope (1830). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Etc”, p.46

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Alexander Pope

God, Men, Psychology

An Essay on Man Epistle 2, l. 1 (1733) See Charron 1

Lo! the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way.

Alexander Pope

God, Science, Clouds

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 99

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

Alexander Pope

God, Fall, Hero

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 87

To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all!

Alexander Pope

God, Lows, Bounds

Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, esq”, p.49