The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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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This long disease, my life.
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The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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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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