A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
ALEXANDER POPEAs with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
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He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.
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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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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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The laughers are a majority.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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