An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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This long disease, my life.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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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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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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