Passions are the gales of life.
ALEXANDER POPEExpression is the dress of thought.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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