True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
ALEXANDER POPETo err is human; to forgive, divine.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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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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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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