Truth needs not flowers of speech.
ALEXANDER POPETruth needs not flowers of speech.
ALEXANDER POPETo be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
ALEXANDER POPEFools rush in where angels fear to tread.
ALEXANDER POPEExpression is the dress of thought.
ALEXANDER POPELulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
ALEXANDER POPEA little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
ALEXANDER POPEBlessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPEThe laughers are a majority.
ALEXANDER POPEWords are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
ALEXANDER POPEAs the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
ALEXANDER POPEAs with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
ALEXANDER POPEMen must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
ALEXANDER POPEWhat some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
ALEXANDER POPEHe best can paint them who shall feel them most.
ALEXANDER POPELove the offender, yet detest the offense.
ALEXANDER POPEThou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
ALEXANDER POPE