As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPEAn obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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The laughers are a majority.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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