The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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