In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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The laughers are a majority.
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The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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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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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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