Alexander Pope Quotes about Gratitude

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Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

Alexander Pope

Gratitude, Men, Generosity

Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.121

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!

Alexander Pope

Gratitude, Eye, Yellow

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.

Alexander Pope

Gratitude, Eye, Yellow

Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!

Alexander Pope

Gratitude, Mankind, Unwilling

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.57

O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.

Alexander Pope

Happiness, Gratitude, Appreciation

'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 1