Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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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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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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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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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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