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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

Alexander Pope

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Best Character Deep Injury People
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Forget Men Wisdom
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Ability Generousity Man Wisdom
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Funny Life Ocean Passion Reason
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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Hide Inspirational Oneself Ourselves Rise Thinking
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Greatness Man Person World
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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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Death Joy Live Pain Yourself
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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Force Greatness Himself Invention Lying Oneeslf
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Education Knowledge Learning
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Art Genius Heart Soul Wake Up
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Knowledge Leaving Word Writing
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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Comfortable Employment Growth Live Old Young

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