Never find fault with the absent.
ALEXANDER POPEWomen 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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All nature is but art unknown to thee.
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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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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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Passions are the gales of life.
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Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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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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Every professional was once an amateur.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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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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Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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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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