What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
ALEXANDER POPETis but a part we see, and not a whole.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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