Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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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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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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The laughers are a majority.
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