Top Ten Quotes From Rape of the Lock: by Alexander Pope



"WHAT dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things", Alexander Pope.

"Know farther yet; Whoever fair and chaste
Rejects Mankind, is by some Sylph embrac'd", Alexander Pope.

"Honour is the Word with Men below" , Alexander Pope.

"Oft when the World imagine Women stray,
The Sylphs thro' mystick Mazes guide thier Way", Alexander Pope.

Beware of all, but most beware of Man!", Alexander Pope.

"Favours to none, to all she Smiles extends,
Oft she rejects, but never once offends.", Alexander Pope.

"If to her share some Female Errors fall,
Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all", Alexander Pope.

"Our final hope is flat despair", Alexander Pope.

"Fair Tresses Man's Imperial Race insnare,
And Beauty draws us with a single Hair.", Alexander Pope.

"For when Success a Lover's Toil attends,
Few ask, if Fraud or Force attain'd his Ends.", Alexander Pope.