Truth needs not flowers of speech.
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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Passions are the gales of life.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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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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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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