Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
ALEXANDER POPESleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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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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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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