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.
ALEXANDER POPETeach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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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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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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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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Passions are the gales of life.
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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