In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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