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.
ALEXANDER POPEHope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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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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Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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This long disease, my life.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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