True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
ALEXANDER POPEHe 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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 the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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