O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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