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

Alexander Pope

The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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God People Voice
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Deep Peace War
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Deep One Liner Philosophy Wisdom
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Myself Parents Poet Sin Writing
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Beautiful Improvement Nature
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education Learning Mindset Motivational Strength
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
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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God Himself Money People Rich Value
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
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
There is a majesty in simplicity.
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One Liner Simplicity
What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Character Failure Goodness Humor Power Trust
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
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
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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Fortune Herself Honesty Independence Lose Worst
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Chance Run Stop Talk Time Wisdom Yourself
I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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God Life Man Misfortune Myself Perfection Religious
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Air Walk Wings
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
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
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Advice Deep Growth One Liner Tree Wisdom
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
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
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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Burn Deserve Hope Myself Poetry Praise
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
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

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

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