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.
ALEXANDER POPEGet your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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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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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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