Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
ALEXANDER POPESleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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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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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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The laughers are a majority.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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