The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
ALEXANDER POPENever find fault with the absent.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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