Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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