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.
ALEXANDER POPEIn this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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