O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
ALEXANDER POPEConceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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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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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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