Alexander Pope Quotes about Knowledge
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 Criticism l. 215 (1711) See Drayton 2
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1831). “Poetical Works”, p.15
In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
Alexander Pope (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe”, p.181
That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.
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.155
