To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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