There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
ALEXANDER POPE
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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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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This long disease, my life.
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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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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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