What so tedious as a twice-told tale?
Weitere Zitate von Alexander Pope
Zum Autor"Till tired he sleeps and life's poor play is o'er."
"Men would be angels Angels would be gods."
"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
"Know thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man."
"Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach."
"Sickness is a sort of early old age it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state."