The most positive men are the most credulous.
ALEXANDER POPEYou purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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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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To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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