Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
ALEXANDER POPEIt often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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