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.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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