Truth needs not flowers of speech.
ALEXANDER POPEThere 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.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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The laughers are a majority.
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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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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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.
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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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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.
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This long disease, my life.
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In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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