A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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He 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.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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This long disease, my life.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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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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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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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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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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