Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.
ALEXANDER POPEAnd seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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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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Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Every professional was once an amateur.
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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac’d on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.
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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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I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
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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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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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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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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Never find fault with the absent.
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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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