Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
ALEXANDER POPETrue wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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Never find fault with the absent.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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