Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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