Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEWords are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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