Alexander Pope Quotes About Truth

Quotes about: Truth

• Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled,- The glory, jest, and riddle of the world.

  Alexander Pope

  Truth, Confused, Fall

  An Essay on Man Epistle 2, l. 15 (1733)

• A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.

  Alexander Pope

  Truth, Honesty, Care

  Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.120

• Truth needs not flowers of speech.

  Alexander Pope

  Truth, Flower, Needs

• There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.

  Alexander Pope

  Truth, People, Littles

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1751). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq., with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death; Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton”, p.10

• Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

  Alexander Pope

  Happiness, Laughter, Truth

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “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”

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