Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
ALEXANDER POPEThe Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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