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There is a majesty in simplicity.

Alexander Pope

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Education Fools Learning People Reason Time Understand
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Art Literature Nature One Liner
For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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Burn Deserve Hope Myself Poetry Praise
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Divine Government Right Wrong
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education Learning Mindset Motivational Strength
What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
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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Acceptance Forget Love Mindset Remember Sunshine
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Myself Parents Poet Sin Writing
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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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
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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Best Character Deep Injury People
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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Growth Lose Performance Reality Yourself
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Ability Generousity Man Wisdom
The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Attitude Man Positive Success
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst

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