An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
ALEXANDER POPEThere 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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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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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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