“Of manners gentle, of affections mild; in wit, a man; simplicity, a child.”

— Alexander Pope, "Epitaph on Mr. Gay" (1733)

About Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744

English poet, author of "An Essay on Criticism" and "The Rape of the Lock".

“To err is human, to forgive divine.”

“Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown propos'd as things forgot.”

“Years following years steal something ev'ry day. At last they steal us from ourselves away.”

“Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.”

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.”

“The family is always the family but during vacations it is an extended family and that is exhausting.”

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

“Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”

“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”