Logo
Quote by Alexander Pope
Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, ang

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel. – Alexander Pope

Other quotes by Alexander Pope

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man. – Alexander Pope

Category:
God
Author
Alexander Pope
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
best
category

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. – William James

Category:
best

The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Category:
best

If I am a cup maker, Im interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. – Denzel Washington

Category:
best

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. – William Ellery Channing

Category:
best

Random Quotes

When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch. – Author unknown, from a television commercial

Category:
Yearbooks

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. – William Blake

Category:
Business

Dogs, the foremost snobs in creation, are quick to notice the difference between a well-clad and a disreputable stranger. – Albert Payson Terhune

Category:
Dogs

Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. – Alice Walker

Category:
best