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.
ALEXANDER POPEAmusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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The laughers are a majority.
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