True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
ALEXANDER POPEFor what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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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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