All nature is but art unknown to thee.
ALEXANDER POPEThe laughers are a majority.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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The laughers are a majority.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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