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.
ALEXANDER POPETo wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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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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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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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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Passions are the gales of life.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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