Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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This long disease, my life.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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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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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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