He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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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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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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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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All seems infected that th’ infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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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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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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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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As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
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The laughers are a majority.
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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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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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