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.
ALEXANDER POPEOf 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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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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