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.
ALEXANDER POPEHope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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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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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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