Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
Weitere Zitate von Alexander Pope
Zum Autor"Get place and wealth if possible with grace If not by any means get wealth and place."
"Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach."
"Men would be angels Angels would be gods."
"Wise wretch! With pleasures too refined to please,With too much spirit to be e'er at ease,With too much quickness ever to be taught,With too much thinking to have common thought:You purchase pain with all that joy can give,And die of nothing but a rage to live."
"Till tired he sleeps and life's poor play is o'er."
"Not to go back is somewhat to advance. And men must walk at least before they dance."