Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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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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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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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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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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