The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
ALEXANDER POPETrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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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 a majesty in simplicity.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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