Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPEMany men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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