All nature is but art unknown to thee.
ALEXANDER POPEHe 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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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