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Alexander Pope Quotes about Lying

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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

Lying, Twenties, Tasks

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.381

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Lying, Honor, Theatre

Alexander Pope (1819). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death”, p.104

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Honesty, Motivation, Lying

Alexander Pope (1822). “The Works”, p.393

Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.

Lying, Fame, Deathbed

The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

Lying, Graves, Oppressed

Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers”, p.134

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

Lying, Men, Given

Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.336

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Inspirational, Lying, Character

Alexander Pope (1823). “An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems”, p.33

A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!

Lying, Deceit, Naked

Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.135

Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.

Lying, Sky, Bully

Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The poems of Alexander Pope”, p.108

In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Lying, Angel, Pride

Alexander Pope (1804). “The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings”, p.5

The dull flat falsehood serves for policy, and in the cunning, truth's itself a lie.

Lying, Dull, Cunning

Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope: 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.254

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.

Lying, Unseen, Obscurity

'Ode on Solitude' (written c.1700)

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

Wise, Lying, Pride

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.188

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Life, Lying, Venus

Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker, Whitwell Elwin, William John Courthope (1871). “The Works of Alexander Pope: New Ed. Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials, Collected in Part by John Wilson Croker. With Introd. and Notes by Whitwell Elwin”, p.180

Dear fatal name! rest ever unreveal'd, Nor pass these lips in holy silence seal'd. Hide it, my heart, within that close disguise, Where mixed with Gods, his lov'd idea lies: O write it not, my hand - the name appears Already written - wash it out, my tears! In vain lost Eloisa weeps and prays, Her heart still dictates, and her hand obeyes.

Lying, Writing, Heart

Alexander Pope (1808). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope. To which is prefixed the life of the author”, p.108

Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

Wise, Lying, Stupid

Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.247

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.

Peace, Lying, Joy

Alexander Pope (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. and Others. To which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author”, p.154

If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more than many good friends can pretend to do.

Lying, Good Friend, Degrees

Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker, Whitwell Elwin, William John Courthope (1871). “The Works of Alexander Pope: New Ed. Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials, Collected in Part by John Wilson Croker. With Introd. and Notes by Whitwell Elwin”, p.87

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