Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
ALEXANDER POPEAs with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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