In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
ALEXANDER POPEThe Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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