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.
ALEXANDER POPEWho dare to love their country, and be poor.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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