Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
ALEXANDER POPETo swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
More Alexander Pope Quotes
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Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.
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Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.
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A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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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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And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air.
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All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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