Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
ALEXANDER POPEAnd seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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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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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 people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.
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Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Beauty draws us with a single hair.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
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Expression is the dress of thought.
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Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
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