True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
ALEXANDER POPEThe world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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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.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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