Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
ALEXANDER POPELet fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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