Passions are the gales of life.
ALEXANDER POPETrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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The laughers are a majority.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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There is a majesty in simplicity.
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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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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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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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The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.
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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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