And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
ALEXANDER POPEConceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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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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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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