Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat will a child learn sooner than a song?
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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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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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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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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