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.
ALEXANDER POPELove the offender, yet detest the offense.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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This long disease, my life.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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