Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
ALEXANDER POPELove the offender, yet detest the offense.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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