Passions are the gales of life.
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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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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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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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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 greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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