A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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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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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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