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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Alexander Pope

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Appearance Beautiful Character Soul Win
The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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God People Voice
What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Children Education Learning One Liner Song
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Country Daring Love Poor
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
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
I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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God Life Man Misfortune Myself Perfection Religious
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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Growth Lose Performance Reality Yourself
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
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
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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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
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
He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Best Brother God Himself Service
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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God Life Nature Oneself Soul
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Deep Education Learning Spring Wisdom
The laughers are a majority.
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Laughter One Liner

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