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Alexander Pope Quote - Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.

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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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Act Character Honor Lying One Liner
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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Force Greatness Himself Invention Lying Oneeslf
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Fear Fools One Liner Rush Wisdom
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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Best Character Deep Injury People
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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Endurance Face Hate Need See Vice
The laughers are a majority.
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Laughter One Liner
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Character Fame Goodness Life Positive
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Chance Run Stop Talk Time Wisdom Yourself
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Deep One Liner Philosophy Wisdom
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Friendship Guide One Liner Philosophy Yourself
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Deep Peace War
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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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Art Literature Nature One Liner
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Honesty Lie Lying Motivation Protection Worst
The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Divine Government Right Wrong

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