O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPEBlessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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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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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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