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.
ALEXANDER POPETo swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.
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O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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This long disease, my life.
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There 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.
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Passions are the gales of life.
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Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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What will a child learn sooner than a song?
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The most positive men are the most credulous.
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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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