As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
ALEXANDER POPEThe vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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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.
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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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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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The laughers are a majority.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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 of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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This long disease, my life.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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