The most positive men are the most credulous.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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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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