Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEExpression is the dress of thought.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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