Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
ALEXANDER POPEThe laughers are a majority.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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