In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
ALEXANDER POPETo wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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The laughers are a majority.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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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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What is it to be wise? ‘Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others’ faults, and feel our own.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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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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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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