Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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