This long disease, my life.
ALEXANDER POPEAll are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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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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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not 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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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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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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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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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