We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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