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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.

Alexander Pope

Expression is the dress of thought.
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Expression One Liner Thinking
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Excellence Learning Mischief Oneself Powerful Science
When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Comfortable Employment Growth Live Old Young
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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God Life Nature Oneself Soul
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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Growth Inspirational Motivational Shame Wisdom Word Wrong
Passions are the gales of life.
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Life One Liner Passion
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Ability Generousity Man Wisdom
The laughers are a majority.
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Laughter One Liner
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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Feeling Mistake See Wisdom
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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Death Deep Pace Philosophy Race Silence Wings
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Myself Parents Poet Sin Writing

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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