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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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