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Alexander Pope Quotes About Kindness

Quotes about: Kindness
  • Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

    Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “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 by William Roscoe, esq”, p.188
  • In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

    Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.424
  • Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

    'Imitations of Horace' Epilogue to the Satires (1738) Dialogue 1, l. 135

Alexander Pope

  • Born: May 21, 1688
  • Died: May 30, 1744
  • Occupation: Poet
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