Passions are the gales of life.
ALEXANDER POPESome people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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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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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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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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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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The laughers are a majority.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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