Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
ALEXANDER POPEI never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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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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This long disease, my life.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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For what I have publish’d, I can only hope to be pardon’d; but for what I have burned, I deserve to be prais’d.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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