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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

Alexander Pope

A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Age Fools One Liner Patriot
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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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Character Failure Goodness Humor Power Trust
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Greatness Man Person World
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Angry Hate Ourselves Revenge Spiritual
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Excellence Learning Mischief Oneself Powerful Science
The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Attitude Man Positive Success
In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Oneself Romantic World
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Nature Strange Thinking Vice
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Deep Peace War
Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Justice Law Love One Liner Right
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Deep Education Learning Spring Wisdom
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Forever Hope Men Spring
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Death Joy Live Pain Yourself

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