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.
ALEXANDER POPEO peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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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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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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