Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
ALEXANDER POPETo swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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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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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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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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Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.
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On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
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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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Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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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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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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