There is a majesty in simplicity.
ALEXANDER POPEThere is a majesty in simplicity.
ALEXANDER POPESleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
ALEXANDER POPEAnd seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPEWe may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
ALEXANDER POPEExpression is the dress of thought.
ALEXANDER POPEVices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
ALEXANDER POPEOn life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
ALEXANDER POPEWomen use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
ALEXANDER POPEPhysicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
ALEXANDER POPEHe best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPEOf all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
ALEXANDER POPEAmusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
ALEXANDER POPEThere 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.
ALEXANDER POPEPraise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
ALEXANDER POPEEve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
ALEXANDER POPEBeauty draws us with a single hair.
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