The laughers are a majority.
ALEXANDER POPEA 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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