Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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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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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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 swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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