Quote for the Week
This week's quote is about innovation
“Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay old aside.”
- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era. He was considered to be one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, An Essay on Criticism and for his translations of Homer.