The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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