Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
ALEXANDER POPEGreat 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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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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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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This long disease, my life.
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The laughers are a majority.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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