There is a majesty in simplicity.
ALEXANDER POPEAll seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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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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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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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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