Alexander Pope Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744
Birthday: May 21
Death: May 30
Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.
source: Alexander Pope (1763). “An essay on man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and improved by the author. Together with his MS. additions and variations as in the last edition of his works. With the notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester”, p.70
topic: Inspirational, Art, Yield, Thickets
