Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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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.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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