Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
ALEXANDER POPEBeauty draws us with a single hair.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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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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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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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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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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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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