Alexander Pope Quotes About Spirituality

Quotes about: Spirituality

• To err is human; to forgive, divine.

  Alexander Pope

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Letting Go

  An Essay on Criticism l. 525 (1711). The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes, "Although known in Latin (humanum est errare, it is human to err) and in earlier English versions, this saying is generally quoted in Pope's words." The ODP cites "To offend is humaine, to repent diuine" (Henry Wotton, 1578) and "To erre is humane, to repent is divine" (James Howell, 1659).

• To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

  Alexander Pope

  Spiritual, Revenge, Hate

• Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

  Alexander Pope

  God, Men, Psychology

  An Essay on Man Epistle 2, l. 1 (1733) See Charron 1

• Consult the Genius of the Place in all.

  Alexander Pope

  Religion, Gardening, Genius

  'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Lord Burlington' (1731) l. 57

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