Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEThe only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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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The laughers are a majority.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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If, 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.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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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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