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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

Alexander Pope

In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.
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Oneself Romantic World
And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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Air Walk Wings
When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Comfortable Employment Growth Live Old Young
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Forget Men Wisdom
I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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God Life Man Misfortune Myself Perfection Religious
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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Children Education Learning One Liner Song
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man’s erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
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Failure Fools Judgement Men Mindset Pride Strong Vice
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Hold Opinion Person
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
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Deep One Liner Philosophy Wisdom
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous Education Knowledge Learning
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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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
The laughers are a majority.
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Laughter One Liner
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Divine Forgiveness Human Let Go One Liner

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