Never find fault with the absent.
ALEXANDER POPEPhysicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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