Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
ALEXANDER POPEPhysicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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 excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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