Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPE
It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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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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The laughers are a majority.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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