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A little learning is a dangerous thing.

Alexander Pope

In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Oneself Romantic World
What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.
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Character Failure Goodness Humor Power Trust
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Divine Forgiveness Human Let Go One Liner
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
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Deep Education Learning Spring Wisdom
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Deep Peace War
When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Comfortable Employment Growth Live Old Young
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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God People Voice
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Charity Faith Generosity Hope Kindness Man World
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Deep One Liner Philosophy Wisdom
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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God Life Nature Oneself Soul
All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Appearance Eyes Sick
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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Enemy Friendship Judgement Work Yourself

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