Alexander Pope Quotes about Virtue
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.135
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.147
There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.
"The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope".
Poets heap virtues, painters gems, at will, And show their zeal, and hide their want of skill.
Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.111, Oxford University Press, USA
Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
Alexander Pope (1848). ““The” Select Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With the Life and Portrait of the Author”, p.194
Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To a Lady' (1735) l. 163
Alexander Pope, Daniel Clark (1824). “An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke”, p.51
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
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Alexander Pope (1808). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six 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 : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton”, p.339
