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.
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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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