Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEGreat 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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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