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.
ALEXANDER POPEAll nature is but art unknown to thee.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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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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