There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
ALEXANDER POPEWhen 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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