I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
ALEXANDER POPEExpression is the dress of thought.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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