Alexander Pope Quotes about Wisdom
Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.123
Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations”, p.35
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 574
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 1, Epistle 1 (1738) l. 53
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 612
Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.
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.33
A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
Alexander Pope (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)”, p.829, Delphi Classics
