An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
ALEXANDER POPEIn this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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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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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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