Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEIf, 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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