POPE, ALEXANDER : An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. (Alexander Pope, English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744)

POPE, ALEXANDER : Hope springs eternal in the human breast. (Alexander Pope, English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744)

POPE, ALEXANDER : For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. (Alexander Pope, English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744)

POPE, ALEXANDER : Gardening is landscape painting. (Alexander Pope, English poet who is considered the second most quoted writer in the English language after Shakespeare, 1688-1744)