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.
ALEXANDER POPEIn faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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