Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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He 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.
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The laughers are a majority.
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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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