Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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