3434. Alexander Pope. 1688-1744. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	3434
AUTHOR:	Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:	If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin’d, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind! Or ravish’d with the whistling of a name, 1 See Cromwell, damn’d to everlasting fame! 2
ATTRIBUTION:	Essay on Man. Epistle iv. Line 281.

Note 1.
See Cowley, Quotation 18. [back]

Note 2.
May see thee now, though late, redeem thy name,
And glorify what else is damn’d to fame.
Richard Savage: Character of Foster. [back]