Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
ALEXANDER POPEThe Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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This long disease, my life.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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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.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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 patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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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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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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