We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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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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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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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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