John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3639 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3639 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thoughts on Various Subjects. |
| Note 1. From Roscoe’s edition of Pope, vol. v. p. 376; originally printed in Motte’s “Miscellanies,” 1727. In the edition of 1736 Pope says, “I must own that the prose part (the Thought on Various Subjects), at the end of the second volume, was wholly mine. January, 1734.” [back] |