Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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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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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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