A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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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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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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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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