If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
ALEXANDER POPENever find fault with the absent.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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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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