Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
ALEXANDER POPEI never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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