--- title: "28 Ifs Quotes By Alexander Pope" description: "28 Ifs quotes by Alexander Pope. Plus more from Alexander Pope and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/alexander-pope-235_education_if-presume-not-to-god-to-scan-the-proper_1685806.png" --- > [If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/if-presume-not-to-god-to-scan-the-proper-study-of-mankind-is-man-plac/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/alexander-pope-235_education_if-presume-not-to-god-to-scan-the-proper_1685806.png) > [No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free More fond than mistress, make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/no-make-me-mistress-to-the-man-i-love-if-there-be-yet-another-name/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/alexander-pope-235_he-man_no-make-me-mistress-to-the-man-i-love-if_399413.png) > [Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/where-grows-where-grows-it-not-if-vain-our-toil-we-ought-to-blame-the/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/alexander-pope-235_agriculture_where-grows-where-grows-it-not-if-vain-o_1545672.png) > [Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/whenever-i-find-a-great-deal-of-gratitude-in-a-poor-man-i-take-it-for/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/alexander-pope-235_deals_whenever-i-find-a-great-deal-of-gratitud_1900052.png) > [But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/but-if-you-ll-prosper-mark-what-i-advise-whom-age-and-long-experience/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/alexander-pope-235_advise_but-if-you-ll-prosper-mark-what-i-advise_2552321.png) > [Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/destroy-all-creatures-for-thy-sport-or-gust-yet-cry-if-man-s-unhappy/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/alexander-pope-235_creatures_destroy-all-creatures-for-thy-sport-or-g_922397.png) > [Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call; She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/nor-fame-i-slight-nor-for-her-favors-call-she-comes-unlooked-for-if/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/alexander-pope-235_fame_nor-fame-i-slight-nor-for-her-favors-cal_2483680.png) > [A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/a-long-exact-and-serious-comedy-in-every-scene-some-moral-let-it/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/alexander-pope-235_acting_a-long-exact-and-serious-comedy-in-every_2754303.png) > [She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/she-who-ne-er-answers-till-a-husband-cools-or-if-she-rules-him-never/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/alexander-pope-235_accepting_she-who-ne-er-answers-till-a-husband-coo_745477.png) > [Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you with pleasure own your errors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/some-positive-persisting-fops-we-know-who-if-once-wrong-will-needs-be/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/alexander-pope-235_critique_some-positive-persisting-fops-we-know-wh_889444.png) > [Oh! if to dance all night, and dress all day, Charm'd the small-pox, or chas'd old age away; . . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/oh-if-to-dance-all-night-and-dress-all-day-charm-d-the-small-pox-or-2/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/alexander-pope-235_age_oh-if-to-dance-all-night-and-dress-all-d_2707745.png) > [I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/i-lose-my-patience-and-i-own-it-too-when-works-are-censur-d-not-as/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/alexander-pope-235_applause_i-lose-my-patience-and-i-own-it-too-when_2010551.png) > [To buy books as some do who make no use of them, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/to-buy-books-as-some-do-who-make-no-use-of-them-only-because-they/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/alexander-pope-235_book_to-buy-books-as-some-do-who-make-no-use_276914.png) > [A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/a-king-may-be-a-tool-a-thing-of-straw-but-if-he-serves-to-frighten/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/alexander-pope-235_corn_a-king-may-be-a-tool-a-thing-of-straw-bu_961949.png) > [When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/when-i-die-i-should-be-ashamed-to-leave-enough-to-build-me-a-monument/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/alexander-pope-235_alive_when-i-die-i-should-be-ashamed-to-leave_902118.png) > [The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/the-world-is-a-thing-we-must-of-necessity-either-laugh-at-or-be-angry/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/alexander-pope-235_angry_the-world-is-a-thing-we-must-of-necessit_445978.png) > [A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/a-king-is-a-mortal-god-on-earth-unto-whom-the-living-god-hath-lent-2/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/alexander-pope-235_be-proud_a-king-is-a-mortal-god-on-earth-unto-who_1503545.png) > [No Senses stronger than his brain can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/no-senses-stronger-than-his-brain-can-bear-why-has-not-man-a/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/alexander-pope-235_advantage_no-senses-stronger-than-his-brain-can-be_1941582.jpg) > [I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/i-think-a-good-deal-may-be-said-to-extenuate-the-fault-of-bad-poets/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/alexander-pope-235_can-not_i-think-a-good-deal-may-be-said-to-exten_488973.png) > [Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/presumptuous-man-the-reason-wouldst-thou-find-why-form-d-so-weak-so/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alexander-pope-235_asks_presumptuous-man-the-reason-wouldst-thou_2701825.png) > [Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/did-some-more-sober-critics-come-abroad-if-wrong-i-smil-d-if-right-i/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/alexander-pope-235_criticism_did-some-more-sober-critics-come-abroad_2568153.png) > [For when success a lover's toil attends,Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/for-when-success-a-lover-s-toil-attends-few-ask-if-fraud-or-force/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/alexander-pope-235_asks_for-when-success-a-lover-s-toil-attends_1365536.png) > [If faith itself has different dresses worn, What wonder modes in wit should take their turn?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/if-faith-itself-has-different-dresses-worn-what-wonder-modes-in-wit/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/alexander-pope-235_different_if-faith-itself-has-different-dresses-wo_2647411.png) > [Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/not-grace-or-zeal-love-only-was-my-call-and-if-i-lose-thy-love-i-lose/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/alexander-pope-235_grace_not-grace-or-zeal-love-only-was-my-call_3120968.png) > [Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/whether-the-charmer-sinner-it-or-saint-it-if-folly-grow-romantic-i/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/alexander-pope-235_artist_whether-the-charmer-sinner-it-or-saint-i_2101301.png) > [Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/content-if-hence-th-unlearn-d-their-wants-may-view-the-learn-d/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/alexander-pope-235_education_content-if-hence-th-unlearn-d-their-want_1759956.png) > [If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friends motions and inclinations, he possesses this in a eminent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/if-it-be-the-chief-point-of-friendship-to-comply-with-a-friends/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/alexander-pope-235_chiefs_if-it-be-the-chief-point-of-friendship-t_907029.png) > [Tis from high Life high Characters are drawn; A Saint in Crape is twice a Saint in Lawn: A Judge is just,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/tis-from-high-life-high-characters-are-drawn-a-saint-in-crape-is/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/alexander-pope-235_bishops_tis-from-high-life-high-characters-are-d_2856332.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Alexander Pope > [How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/how-do-we-know-that-we-have-a-right-to-kill-creatures-that-we-are-so/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/to-wake-the-soul-by-tender-strokes-of-art-to-raise-the-genius-and-to/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [A mighty maze! But not without a plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/a-mighty-maze-but-not-without-a-plan/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/let-such-teach-others-who-themselves-excel-and-censure-freely-who/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/for-i-who-hold-sage-homer-s-rule-the-best-welcome-the-coming-speed/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/like-following-life-through-creatures-you-dissect-you-lose-it-in-the/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/when-two-people-compliment-each-other-with-the-choice-of-anything/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/such-labour-d-nothings-in-so-strange-a-style-amaze-th-unlearn-d-and/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/charms-strike-the-sight-but-merit-wins-the-soul/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/she-went-from-opera-park-assembly-play-to-morning-walks-and-prayers/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/i-am-satisfied-to-trifle-away-my-time-rather-than-let-it-stick-by-me/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/the-greatest-advantage-i-know-of-being-thought-a-wit-by-the-world-is/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Then say not Man's imperfect,Heav'n in fault; Say rather, Man's as perfect ashe ought:](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/then-say-not-man-s-imperfect-heav-n-in-fault-say-rather-man-s-as/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/first-follow-nature-and-your-judgment-frame-by-her-just-standard/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) > [Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/who-shall-decide-when-doctors-disagree-and-soundest-casuists-doubt/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/alexander-pope/#itemlist", "name": "28 Ifs Quotes By Alexander Pope", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. 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