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"In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies;All quit their sphere and rush into the skies.Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel."

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About Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era.

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