The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
ALEXANDER POPEFools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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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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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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