The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
ALEXANDER POPEAct well your part, there all the honour lies.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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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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