Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEWhy did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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This long disease, my life.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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